Chung S. Yang, PhD
Work Phone: 732-445-5360
Fax: 732-445-0687
csyang@rci.rutgers.edu
Current Titles and Affiliations
2003-Present - Director, Center for Cancer Prevention Research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ
2002-Present - Professor II and Chair, Department of Chemical Biology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ
1994-Present - Leader of the Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention Program of the Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Education
1965-1967 - PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
1963-1965 - Master of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1958-1962 - B.S., Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Current Memberships/Organizations
2005-Present - Co-Director of the Scientific Core on "Environmental Carcinogenesis" of the NIEHS Center for Environmental Health Sciences
2004-Present - National Institute of Health Scientific Review Group, the Subcommittee on Cancer Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control
2000-Present - Task Force on Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment in New Jersey
2000-Present - National Institute of Health Grant Review Committees
1998-Present - FDA Senior Biomedical Research Service Credentials Committee
1998-Present - External Advisory Committee of Clinical Nutrition Research Unit at The Institute for Cancer Prevention
1994-Present - Program Leader of "Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention Program" of the Cancer Institute of New Jersey
1990-Present - Budget and Planning Committee, Rutgers University and School of Pharmacy
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics American Association for Cancer Research
New York Academy of Sciences
International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (President: 1995 and 1996) American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
Honors and Awards
2007 - Awarded John L. Colaizzi Chair in Pharmacy
1998 - Welcome Visiting Professorship (to Penn State University) by the Burroughs Welcome Fund
1991 - Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research at Rutgers University
1990 - Distinguished Researcher Award from the New Jersey Association for Biomedical Research
Academy of Medical Sciences in Beijing
1987-1995 - National Cancer Institute MERIT Award
1981-1986 - yearly Exceptional Merit Award at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
1980 - Research Scholar of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences; to conduct research in China
1979 - International Cancer Research Technological Transfer Award by the International Union Against Cancer to visit the Cancer Institute of Chinese
1973 - Future Leader's Award from the Nutrition Foundation
1971 - Faculty Research Award from the American Cancer Society
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