Nancy S. Sung Ph.d.
Senior program officer
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Japan
Biography
NANCY S. SUNG, Ph.D., is a senior program officer with the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF). She oversees BWF Interfaces in Science Programs, Innovation Awards in Functional Genomics (previous program), and Clinical Scientist Awards in Translational Research. Dr. Sung has also focused on building collaboration among other private foundations, government agencies, and professional societies who share BWF’s interests in strengthening training and career pathways for researchers in the clinical research and physical or computational biology areas. Her research has focused on gene regulation in Epstein-Barr virus and its link to nasopharyngeal carcinoma, which is endemic in southern China. Prior to joining the BWF staff in 1997, Dr. Sung was a visiting fellow at the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine’s Institute of Virology in Beijing.
Research Interest
Clinical Research.
