Overview
Education and Training:
Fellowship- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and National Institue of Drug Abuse
Visiting Sholar -Karolinska Institute (Sweden)
Residence- Wuxi First People's Hosptial, China
Intern - Suzhou Children's Hospital, China
Bachelor of Medicine - Nanjing Medical University, China
Working Experience:
Research Scientist - Guildford Pharmaceutical, Inc, Baltimore
Research Scientist - Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Boston
Research Scientist - Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research, Boston
Fellowship- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and National Institue of Drug Abuse
Visiting Sholar -Karolinska Institute (Sweden)
Residence- Wuxi First People's Hosptial, China
Intern - Suzhou Children's Hospital, China
Bachelor of Medicine - Nanjing Medical University, China
Working Experience:
Research Scientist - Guildford Pharmaceutical, Inc, Baltimore
Research Scientist - Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Boston
Research Scientist - Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research, Boston
Recent Publications
Inflammation and Infection in Pain and the Role of GPR37.
Journal Article Int J Mol Sci · November 20, 2022 Inflammation is known to cause pain, and pain is of one of the cardinal signs of inflammation. Mounting evidence suggests that acute inflammation also resolves pain through specialized pro-resolving mediators (SPMs) and macrophage signaling. GPR37 is expre ... Full text Link to item Citebeta-Endorphin-containing memory-cells and mu-opioid receptors undergo transport to peripheral inflamed tissue.
Journal Article J Neuroimmunol · April 2, 2001 Immunocyte-derived beta-endorphin can activate peripheral opioid receptors on sensory neurons to inhibit pain within inflamed tissue. This study examined mu-opioid receptors (MOR) on sensory nerves and beta-endorphin (END) in activated/memory CD4(+) cells ... Full text Link to item CitePain control in inflammation governed by selectins
Journal Article Nature Medicine · December 1998 Full text CiteRecent Grants
Development of MMP-9 inhibitory monoclonal antibodies to relieve neuropathic pain
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · 2025 - 2027Developing equilibrative nucleoside transporter inhibitors as non-opioid pain therapeutics
ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2026Targeting checkpoint inhibitors for pain control
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2026View All Grants