Speaker

Dr. Chen Wu is the Deputy Director of the Cancer Hospital, CAMS & PUMC. She earned her M.D. and Ph.D. from Peking Union Medical College and China Medical University, followed by postdoctoral training at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Wu’s research focuses on cancer evolution. She has led one of China's largest prospective cohort studies on esophageal cancer for over a decade, establishing a dedicated biobank and database for cancer genome evolution research. Her team systematically identifies cancer susceptibility and driver genes through genome-wide association and multi-omics studies. Additionally, she has reconstructed a comprehensive body map of morphologically normal human organs to uncover profound genomic alterations associated with healthy aging. Dr. Wu has published 140 research articles in leading journals, including Nature, Nature Genetics, and Cancer Cell. She is also the recipient of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders (2020), the China Youth Science and Technology Award, the Chinese Young Women in Science Award, and the Xplorer Prize.

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