Peng Zhao, Ph.D.

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

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Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Structural Biology

Long School of Medicine

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Postdoc: University of California San Diego

Ph.D.: Louisiana State University & Pennington Biomedical Research Center

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AWARDS​

CPRIT Recruitment of First-Time Tenure-Track Faculty Award​

K99/R00 NIH Pathway to Independence Award

Xiaoli Sun, M.D., Ph.D.

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

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Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

Assistant Professor of Mays Cancer Center

Assistant Professor of Transplant Center

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Postdoc: University of California San Diego

M.D., Ph.D.: Peking University Health Science Center

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AWARDS​

CPRIT Recruitment of First-Time Tenure-Track Faculty Award​

K99/R00 NIH Pathway to Independence Award

Dan Li, Ph.D.

INSTRUCTOR

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Postdoc: Stanford University

Ph.D.: Peking University Health Science Center

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AWARDS​

Senior Research Training Fellowship, American Lung Association

Mia Ferretti, B.S.

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

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B.S., Pre-med student: Texas A&M University

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Mia earned her B.S. in Biology at the Texas A&M University. She received multiple awards for her outstanding performance, including Lechner Scholarship and Bertha Mae and Samuel Martin Opportunity Award. Mia is highly motivated and passionate about translational research and metabolic diseases.

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