Dr. Jason Cheng

Associate Professor

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Biography

Dr. Jason Cheng is a board-certified hematopathologist and cancer biologist at the University of Chicago. He completed his medical education and training in Medicine and Pathology at Kunming Medical University and Beijing Medical University in China. He received his PhD in Molecular Pharmacology, where he collaborated with notable figures such as Professor Rudy Juliano and Professor Victor Ling on multidrug resistance proteins. Dr. Cheng also trained in Molecular Biology & Gene Regulation, as a postdoctoral fellow under Professor Mark Ptashne, who is a recipient of the 1997 Lasker Basic Research Award. His research encompasses hematologic diseases, particularly myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), aplastic anemia, myeloproliferative neoplasms, and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Dr. Cheng has received multiple awards, including the 2008 USCAP-SH Pathologist-in-Training Award and the 2019 Taub Medical Foundation MDS Award, for his work on epigenetic mechanisms in leukemia and cancer. He is actively engaged in developing novel RNA epigenetics-driven diagnostics and therapeutics.

Research Interests

Experience

Instructor

1992-08-01 — 1993-08-01

Beijing Medical University • Beijing, China

Taught and conducted research in the field of hematopathology.

Post-doc

1999-08-01 — 2004-06-01

Rudy Juliano Lab • UNC Chapel Hill

Focused on pharmacology and molecular mechanisms of drug resistance.

Clinical Fellowship

2010-06-01 — 2011-06-01

University of Chicago • Chicago, IL

Trained in diagnostic hematopathology under Dr. James Vardiman.

Requirements for University of Chicago

Doctorate Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Listening
Required:26
Reading
Required:26
Writing
Required:26
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:104
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
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Specialization Notes

Department of Philosophy