Lieping Chen

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Lieping Chen (Chinese: 陳列平; born 1960) is a Chinese-American immunologist and physician-scientist.

Chen was born in Fuzhou, and graduated with a medical degree from Fujian Medical College in 1982, a master's of science degree in immunology from Peking Union Medical College in 1986, and a doctorate in pathology and laboratory medicine from Drexel University in 1989. After completing postdoctoral research at the University of Washington, Chen was a research scientist at Bristol Myers Squibb until 1997. Subsequently, Chen worked for the Mayo Clinic. Chen began his teaching career at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2004, and joined the Yale University School of Medicine in 2010. At Yale, Chen holds the United Technologies Corporation Professorship in Cancer Research.[1][2][3]

Chen's research has led to the establishment of several companies, including the Amplimmune Biotechnology Company (which was acquired by MedImmune in 2013),[3][4] NextCure,[5][6] and Normunity.[7][8] Since 2018, Chen has been a member of the scientific advisory board of Zai Laboratory.[9]

In 2014, Chen shared the William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Tumor Immunology. In 2017, he was a joint recipient of the Warren Alpert Foundation Prize.[10] The following year, Chen was named a Giant of Cancer Care[11] and elected a member of Taiwan's Academia Sinica.[12] In 2021, he was elected a fellow of the American Association for Cancer Research[13] as well as the United States National Academy of Sciences.[14][15] In 2022, Chen was elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering.[16]

References

  1. ^ "LIEPING CHEN". Asia-Pacific Vaccine and Immunotherapy Congress. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Lieping Chen, MD, PhD". Yale Cancer Center. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Distinguished Immunobiologist Lieping Chen Joins Yale Cancer Center". Yale Cancer Center. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Former Mtech Maryland Industrial Partnerships Funding Recipient Amplimmune Acquired by MedImmune for $500 Million". A. James Clark School of Engineering. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  5. ^ Gregg, Aaron (8 January 2016). "New Germantown biotech nets $67 million from investors". Washington Post. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Lieping Chen, M.D., Ph.D. | Chair". NextCure. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  7. ^ Wu, Lei Lei (25 October 2022). "PD-L1 pioneer Lieping Chen, Rachel Humphrey spin out new biotech to break down the door on cold tumors". Endpoints News. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  8. ^ Fider, Ben (25 October 2022). "With new startup, immunotherapy pioneer Lieping Chen tries to turn 'cold' tumors 'hot'". BioPharma Dive. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Lieping Chen, M.D., Ph.D." Zai Laboratory. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Cancer immunologist Lieping Chen joins Ludwig Oxford as a Visiting Professor". University of Oxford. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  11. ^ "IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY, INCLUDING CELL-BASED THERAPIES Lieping Chen, MD, PhD Codirector, Cancer Immunology Program, Yale Cancer Center". Giants of Cancer Care. 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Lieping Chen". Academia Sinica. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  13. ^ "LIEPING CHEN, MD, PHD Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, Connecticut". American Association for Cancer Research. 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Yale Cancer Center's Dr. Lieping Chen Elected to Prestigious National Academy of Sciences". OncLive. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Lieping Chen Yale University". United States National Academy of Sciences. 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  16. ^ "LIEPING CHEN". Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
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