PREVIOUS AWARDS

2011 Life Sciences
Academician Cheng-Wen Wu

Academician Cheng-Wen Wu's Personal Profiles

Education

 

  • M.D., College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 1964
  • Ph.D., Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, USA, 1969

 

 

Professional Experience

  • Distinguished Chair Professor, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan (2008-)
  • Corresponding Fellow, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica (2008-)
  • Honorary Chair Professor, National Defence Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan (2008-)
  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (1996-2008)
  • Distinguished Investigator, National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan (1996-2008)
  • Founding President & Distinguished Investigator, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan (1996-2005)
  • Founding Director, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (1992-1995)
  • Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (1992-2008)
  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Biochemistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan (2001-2008)
  • Adjunct Professor, Graduate Institute of Life, National Defence Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan (1990-2008)
  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (1996-2008)
  • Professor for Cancer Research, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, SUNY at Stony Brook, USA (1980-1990)
  • Assistant, Associate & Full Professor, Department of Biophysics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA (1972-1978)

 

 

Specialties

  • Biophysics
  • Biochemistry
  • Cell and Molecular Biology
  • Medical Genetics
  • Oncology

 

 

Awards and Honors

  • ROC Presidential Science Prize (Life Science, 2011)
  • Honorary Doctor of Science, National Yang Ming University, 2003
  • Case Western Reserve University President's Award for Distinguished Alumni, 2002
  • Achievement Award, Chinese Institute of Engineers, 2001
  • Vallee Visiting Professor, Harvard University, 2001
  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2000 Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award, the Chinese American Professionals Association, 1998
  • Honorary Professor, Beijing University, 1998
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, the Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America, 1997
  • Science & Technology Award, Taiwanese-American Foundation, 1993
  • Honorary Member, Chinese Society of Genetics, 1990
  • Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1988
  • Scholar in Cancer Research, American Cancer Society, 1988
  • Fellow, American Institute of Chemists, 1986
  • Academician, Academia Sinica, 1984
  • Catacosinos Professor Award for Cancer Research, 1980
  • French-American Scholar Award, 1979
  • Philippe Foundation Award, 1978
  • Irma T. Hirschl Scientific Award, 1977
  • NIH Career Development Award, 1972
  • NIH Special Fellowship, 1972
  • Sigma Xi Award, 1969

 

 

Current Positions

  • Honorary Investigator, Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes
  • Corresponding Fellow, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica
  • Distinguished Chair Professor, National Yang-Ming University