Department Email Address:
genhongc@microbio.ucla.edu
Work Email Address:
gcheng@mednet.ucla.edu
Work Phone Number:
(310) 825-8896
Work Address:
BSRB 210A
Los Angeles, CA 90095
BSRB 210A
CAMPUS - 736422
CA
Factor
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Affiliations |
Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics |
Member, California NanoSystems Institute, Gene Regulation GPB Home Area, Immunity, Microbes & Molecular Pathogenesis GPB Home Area, JCCC Gene Regulation Program Area, Molecular Pharmacology GPB Home Area, Tumor Immunology Program at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) |
Dr. Cheng is a Professor in Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics at UCLA. He had his PhD training in Molecular Biology with Dr. Arthur Skoultchi at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and had his postdoctoral training in Molecular Immunology with Dr. David Baltimore at Rockefeller University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Dr. Cheng is an expert on immune responses in host defense against infections and cancers as well as their associations with inflammatory and metabolic diseases. He has authored close to 100 peer-reviewed articles, many of which are published in top journals like Nature and Science. He has been the principal investigator in many research grants from government and private sources. Dr. Cheng has received many awards, including Stop Cancer Award, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Scholar Award, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Stohlman Scholar Award and NIH Merit Award.