Chang Yi Wang (;

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: ʃɒ̌ŋ jí wɒ́ŋ is the founder of United Biomedical, Inc. (UBI), headquartered in Hauppauge, New York, and its group of companies in Asia (including United Biomedical Asia). Wang was born in Taiwan in 1951. Her father was a member of the

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. She majored in

organic chemistry Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic materials, i.e., matter in its various forms that contain carbon atoms.Clayden, J.; ...

when she was doing her undergraduate at the

National Taiwan University National Taiwan University (NTU; ) is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. The university was founded in 1928 during Japanese rule as the seventh of the Imperial Universities. It was named Taihoku Imperial University and served d ...

, and then she went to

Rockefeller University The Rockefeller University is a private biomedical research and graduate-only university in New York City, New York. It focuses primarily on the biological and medical sciences and provides doctoral and postdoctoral education. It is classif ...

for her doctorate degree. In 1985, Wang founded United Biomedical, Inc. in New York whose main focus is on medicine and vaccine development. She founded United Biomedical, Inc. Asia in Taiwan in 1998. Wang is the author of more than 120 peer-reviewed scientific publications, and she is the inventor of more than 80 patents to date. In 2007, the

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(NYIPLA) presented Wang with the Inventor of the Year Award. In 2018, the

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presented Wang with the Pioneer in Technology Award.

Early life and education

Wang graduated with honors from the National Taiwan University in 1973, majoring in chemistry. She received her Ph.D. degree from Rockefeller University with a dual specialization in

Biochemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and ...

and

Immunology Immunology is a branch of medicineImmunology for Medical Students, Roderick Nairn, Matthew Helbert, Mosby, 2007 and biology that covers the medical study of immune systems in humans, animals, plants and sapient species. In such we can see there ...

in 1979 and then joined the

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as the youngest faculty member, principal investigator, and head of the molecular immunology laboratory.

Career in immunology and entrepreneurship in the biomedical industry

Chang Yi Wang also founded UBI Asia subsidiary companies in Asia: United Biopharma and UBI Pharma in 2013 and 2014 respectively. In 2009, the

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), a merging of the William H. Gates Foundation and the Gates Learning Foundation, is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington, it was ...

awarded Grand Challenges Exploration Grants to Chang Yi Wan for the Synthetic Peptides to Inhibit HIV Entry program.

Professional and honorary affiliations

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, United States *

(Adjunct Professor) *

National Tsing Hua University National Tsing Hua University (NTHU; ) is a public research university in Hsinchu City, Taiwan. National Tsing Hua University was first founded in Beijing. After the Chinese Civil War, the then-president of the university, Mei Yiqi, and other ...

(Adjunct Professor)

References

External links

Official site
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