Shenghui Wu, M.D., Ph.D., Master of Medicine
Assistant Professor
Dr. Wu has more than 18 years’ experience in cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes and other disease epidemiology research to evaluate the effect of lifestyle, biomarkers, and other factors on the risk and survival of cancer and other diseases in populations. Dr. Wu has published more than 50 articles and is the first and/or corresponding author for most of these publications. Dr. Wu has experience in grant application, project design, oversight and implementation, data analysis and manuscript writing. Dr. Wu has worked for several large research projects and is a PI/co-I/collaborator for several projects. Dr. Wu is a member of DoD grant review committee, several professional associations/organizations, and a peer reviewer/editor for multiple professional journals. Dr. Wu has developed and taught several epidemiology courses for graduate, undergraduate and high school students and has supervised students to conduct research projects. Dr. Wu contributed a lot of service work to the profession, university, department, community, and the public.
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Professional Background
Education
- 2008 - PhD - Public Health and Epidemiology - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Public Health
- 2002 - MPH - Master of Medicine in Epidemiology - Southeast University, School of Public Health
- 1999 - MD - Preventive Medicine - Southeast University
- Internship - Internship in clinical medicine - Bengbu Railway Hospital
- Postdoctoral Fellowship - Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology - Vanderbilt University
- Postdoctoral Fellowship - Chronic Disease Epidemiology - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Public Health
- Internship - Internship in public health - Shanghai Railway Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Appointments
- 9/2014 - Assistant Professor - The University of Texas Health at San Antonio, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, San Antonio
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- Research & Grants
- Publications