ZHIWEI HU, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgical Oncology
The Ohio State University
USA
Professional Experiences
11/2012- | Research Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH |
12/2012- | Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Yale University |
10/2007-6/2012 | Research Scientist (Research Associate Professor), Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Yale University |
7/2002-9/2007 | Research Scientist (Research Associate Professor), Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University |
2008- | Adjunct Professor of Nanchang University School of Medicine, China |
2005- | Adjunct Professor of West China Clinical Medical School of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China |
4/2000-6/2002 | Associate Research Scientist (Research Assistant Professor), Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University |
1/1998-4/2000 | Visiting scholar/Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University |
7/1997-12/1999 |
Assistant professor and lecturer of Oncology, Immunology, and Pathophysiology, Cancer Research Institute, Hunan Medical University, Changsha, China |
Teaching Experience
In a brief summary, I have been mentoring one visiting scholar, one Master degree graduate student, one MD/PhD graduate student and two senior undergraduate students at OSU since I joined OSU faculty in November 2012. Prior to my current position, I had trained five postdoctoral associates, two research technicians, four visiting professor/associate professor/research scientists, ten undergraduates and seven high school students in my laboratory at Yale University during 2002-2012.
September 2014: | Mentoring an OSU undergraduate senior student (Shengjia Gao) for the course of research for credit (Biochem 4998). |
May 2014-: | Mentoring an OSU graduate student (Meghan Flannery) on Master degree thesis research |
Feb 2014-: | Mentoring a Visiting Scholar (Dr. Qikun Zhang) from China on targeted nanoparticles for delivery of tumor-targeting therapeutic and diagnostic agents |
Jan 2014-: | Continuing Co-Mentoring one MD/PhD graduate student (Amanda Harper) with Dr. William Carson III in the Department of Surgery of OSUMC |
May 2013-: | Co-Mentoring one MD/PhD graduate student (Amanda Harper) with Dr. William Carson III in the Department of Surgery of OSUMC. |
July 2013-: | Mentoring two senior OSU undergraduate students (Zi Li and Shengjia Gao) as lab assistants working in my laboratory. |
Summer 2013: | Mentoring a high school senior student as a volunteer on cancer research. |
Summer 2011: | Supervisor for a high school student sponsored by the Discovery to Cure Program in the Department of Ob/Gyn of Yale University and a medical student from National Yang-Ming Medical School in Taiwan, China. |
Spring 2011: | Supervisor for a Yale undergraduate student for Research for Credit Course of Yale Dept. Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. |
Summer 2009: | Mentor for a high school student in the Discovery to Cure Internship Program in the Department of Ob/Gyn of Yale University. |
Summer 2008: | Mentor for a high school student in the Discovery to Cure Internship Program in the Department of Ob/Gyn of Yale University. |
Summer 2008: | Mentor for two high school students in the 22nd year of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Summer Science Internship Program under the sponsorship of the Yale Cancer Center. |
Summer 2007: | Mentor for a high school senior student in the 21st year of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Summer Science Internship Program under the sponsorship of the Yale Cancer Center. |
Spring 2007: | Advisor on Yale senior undergraduate student on the role of tissue factor on tumor angiogenesis. |
Summer 2006: | Mentor for one undergraduate student in the 2006 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program under the sponsorship of the Yale Graduate School. |
Spring 2006: | Advisor on two Yale College undergraduates’ studies on Icon-mediated therapies and tumor angiogenesis. |
Fall, 2005: | Advisor on three Yale College undergraduates’ studies on Icon-targeted photodynamic therapy for cancer, tumor angiogenesis, and Icon protein purification and detection. |
Spring, 2005: | Advisor on a Yale College undergraduate’s study on Icon-targeted photodynamic therapy for cancer. |
Spring, 1996: | Lecturer of nursing students in Pathology course at the First Nursing School of Hunan, Changsha, China |
Spring, 1996: | Lecturer of Master’s degree students in Tumor Immunology in Advanced Pathophysiology course at Hunan Medical University, Changsha, China |
Fall, 1993: | Graduate student for Master’s degree as Teaching Assistant to teach the 2nd year medical students on examining experimental renal dysfunction in a rabbit model in the Department of Pathophysiology at Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang, China |
Associate Professor of Surgical Oncology
The Ohio State University
USA