R3-C540
Indianapolis, IN
Bio
Dr. Zhong currently serves as Associate Research Professor. Dr. Zhong received her MD and MS degrees from Zunyi Medical University in Zunyi, China and PhD degree from Toho University in Tokyo, Japan.
Dr. Zhong’s recent research focus is on understanding how pancreatic cancer, through secretion of factors interacting with the tumor microenvironment and the host organs, induces cachexia, a systemic metabolic syndrome involving characteristic muscle wasting. Because cachexia significantly contributes to cancer treatment failure and cancer deaths, it is her goal to identify the mechanism-based therapeutic targets that can be manipulated to overcome the obstacle to cancer eradication in human patients with cancer. She has served as co-author or corresponding author for 38 peer reviewed publications.
Dr. Zhong is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research and Cancer Cachexia Society.
Titles & Appointments
- Associate Research Professor of Surgery
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