Qi Chen, PhD

Assistant Professor, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
qchen@kumc.edu

Research Focus

• Preclinical research of ascorbate treatment  to cancers as adjunct to standard chemotherapeutics
• Basic and translational studies of ascorbate effects on tumor metasasis
• Role of host immune system in ascorbate treatment
• Mechanisms for the selectivity of ascorbate induced cytotoxicity
• Explore the role of ascorbate in infections

Education

• BS, Bioengineering, Sichuan University, China
• PhD, Biochemistry, Sun Yet-sen University, China

 Post Graduate Education

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Clinical Nutrition Section, NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland

Awards

• Invited speaker, 2nd World Cancer Congress, Beijing, 2009
• Invited speaker, American College for Advancement in Medicine, Las Vegas, 2008
• Invited speaker, Linus Pauling Institute Seminar Series, Corvallis, 2007

Professional Affiliations

• American Association for Cancer Research
• American College for Advancement in Medicine  
• Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine
• Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine