Dr. Wen-Xing Ding is a professor of Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics at The University of Kansas Medical Center. He received his Ph.D. from the National University of Singapore in 2002. He did his Postdoctoral training at University of Pittsburgh. In the past decade, Dr. Ding’s research has been focused on the molecular mechanisms of cell death and cell survival. In particular, Dr. Ding’s research has been focused on the role and mechanisms of autophagy in alcohol and drug-induced liver injury. Dr. Ding is a member of American Association of Studies of Liver Disease (AASLD), Society of Toxicology (SOT) and Research society of Alcoholism. Dr. Ding is also the Program Committee member of the American Society of Investigative Pathology (ASIP) and American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). Dr. Ding has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals and his research work is currently supported by NIAAA and NIDDK.
