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Melissa Wong
Melissa Wong is an American biologist known for her work describing cell fusion, the cancer stem cell niche, and early detection strategies. She currently holds appointments at Oregon Health & Science University in the Department of Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology and co-leads the Knight Cancer Institute's Cancer Biology program. Education and career Wong received her bachelor's degree in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from the University of Colorado Boulder. She completed her graduate training in molecular pathobiology at Wake Forest University under the supervision of Paul Dawson. She joined the laboratory of renowned microbiologist Jeffrey I. Gordon at Washington University in St. Louis for her post-doctoral work. In 2001, she accepted a joint faculty position at Oregon Health & Science University Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) is a public research university focusing primarily on health sciences with a main campus, including two hospitals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oregon Health & Science University
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) is a public research university focusing primarily on health sciences with a main campus, including two hospitals, in Portland, Oregon. The institution was founded in 1887 as the University of Oregon Medical Department and later became the University of Oregon Medical School. In 1974, the campus became an independent, self-governed institution called the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center, combining state dentistry, medicine, nursing, and public health programs into a single center. It was renamed Oregon Health Sciences University in 1981 and took its current name in 2001, as part of a merger with the Oregon Graduate Institute (OGI), in Hillsboro. The university has several partnership programs including a joint PharmD Pharmacy program with Oregon State University in Corvallis. The university's programs are highly ranked nationally, with the School of Medicine ranking in the top 5 for primary care and family medicine residency r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
