Education B.D.S., Stomatology, Nanjing Medical University, 1985 D.D.S., Pediatric Dentistry, Peking University School of Dentistry, 1989 Postdoctoral, Immunology and Cytokine Biology, Forsyth Institute, 1995 Ph.D., Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998 Awards and Recognitions Member, Institute of Medicine of National Academies, 2011 AAAS Fellow, 2011 Distinguished Scientist Award for Basic Research in Biological Mineralization, International Association for Dental Research, 2013 No-Hee Park Endowed Professor in Dentistry, 2009 Distinguished Scientist Award for Oral Pathology and Medicine, International Association for Dental Research, 2009

Molecular Signaling (NF-κB and Wnt) Tumor-invasive growth and Metastasis Adult mesenchymal stem cells, dental stem cells and regenerative medicine Inflammation and innate immunity

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