Alan Wu

Biography

Dr. Wu is internationally known in the fields of clinical chemistry, toxicology, cardiac biomarkers and pharmacogenomics. He earned his B.S. degree in Chemistry and Biology at Purdue University and received a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Illinois. He was trained in clinical chemistry at Hartford Hospital and, thereafter, became a diplomate of the American Board of Clinical Chemistry in clinical chemistry and toxicological chemistry. In 1982, he accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Pathology at the University of Texas Medical School, Houston, and was Associate Director of Clinical Chemistry at Hermann Hospital. He returned to Hartford Hospital in 1992 to become Director of the Chemistry and Toxicology Laboratories and became Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at the University of Connecticut Farmington and Storrs CT campuses, respectively. In 2004, he became the Director of Chemistry and Toxicology at San Francisco General Hospital and Professor of Laboratory Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Wu has over 500 peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and books, as well as hundreds of published abstracts. Since 1999, he has been Editor-in-Chief of Clinica Chimica Acta. He has received numerous awards from the American Association for Clinical Chemistry. Dr. Wu is internationally known in the fields of clinical chemistry, toxicology, cardiac biomarkers and pharmacogenomics. He earned his B.S. degree in Chemistry and Biology at Purdue University and received a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Illinois. He was trained in clinical chemistry at Hartford Hospital and, thereafter, became a diplomate of the American Board of Clinical Chemistry in clinical chemistry and toxicological chemistry. In 1982, he accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Pathology at the University of Texas Medical School, Houston, and was Associate Director of Clinical Chemistry at Hermann Hospital. He returned to Hartford Hospital in 1992 to become Director of the Chemistry and Toxicology Laboratories and became Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at the University of Connecticut Farmington and Storrs CT campuses, respectively. In 2004, he became the Director of Chemistry and Toxicology at San Francisco General Hospital and Professor of Laboratory Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Wu has over 500 peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and books, as well as hundreds of published abstracts. Since 1999, he has been Editor-in-Chief of Clinica Chimica Acta. He has received numerous awards from the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.

Research Interest

Business & Management