Wei Gu, PhD

Academic Appointments

Abraham and Mildred Goldstein Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology (in the Institute for Cancer Genetics)

Professional Experience

2013-present     Vice-Chairman for Cancer Research in the Department of Pathology and Cell Biology,    

Columbia University Medical Center

2013-present     Abraham and Mildred Goldstein Endowed Chair Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology,

Columbia University Medical Center

2014-2015          AACR Basic Cancer Research Fellowships Scientific Review Committee

2013-2015          Molecular and Cellular Biology Subcommittee Member of the AACR Program Committee

2013-2017        Charter Member of NIH Cancer Mole Pathology study Section (CAMP).

2011                   Special Emphasis Panel for R15 (AREA) application OBT study section.

2011                   Keynote speaker of the 2011-Mdm2/Mdmx international conference.

2007-present      Professor, Institute for Cancer Genetics, and Dept. of Pathology and Cell Biology,   

Columbia University Medical Center

2005-2012          Ad Hoc. NIH Study Sections CAMP/CE/TPM/MONC/CSRS and Special Panels.

2004 -2006         Associate Professor (Tenured)

1999 -Present    Principal Investigator/Member, Columbia University Herbert Irvine Cancer Center

1999 -2004          Assistant Professor (Tenure-track), Columbia University Medical Center

1995 -1998           LSRF (Life Science Research Foundation) Advanced Cancer Research Fellow

                             Dr. Robert G. Roeder’s Lab, The Rockefeller University

Honors And Awards

2016                   Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

2014                   Annual George Adrouny Memorial Lecture at Tulane University

2012                   The Frontiers Lecture at Case Western Reserve University

2012                   President’s Research Seminar at MSKCC (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)

2007-2011          Ellison Medical Foundation Senior Scholar in Aging

2006                  The Stohlman Scholar

2001-2006          Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Scholar

2001-2005          Irma T. Hirschl Trust Award

2000-2002          Avon Scholar Award

1999-2000          America Cancer Society Award

1995-1998          Life Science Research Foundation Fellowship for Advanced Cancer Studies.

1995                   Columbia University Dean’s Award for Outstanding Research Achievement.