Dr. Mei Wan

Biography

Mei Wan is the Frank J. Frassica Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Johns Hopkins University. Her research primarily focuses on the mechanisms underlying cellular senescence in bone and bone marrow cells, and the role of senescent cells in skeletal disorders. In addition to her primary research interests, Dr. Wan is keen on unraveling the impact of bone-derived signals on the aging processes in the central nervous system and vascular system. She has served on the faculty of the Ph.D. programs across multiple graduate programs at Johns Hopkins, including Biomedical Engineering (BME), Cellular and Molecular Medicine (CMM), and Pathobiology. Dr. Wan earned her Ph.D. degree from Hebei Medical University and completed her postgraduate training at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where she served as an Associate Professor of Pathology prior to joining Johns Hopkins. Dr. Wan is actively involved in editorial roles, including serving as a Reviewing Editor for eLife and being part of the editorial boards for various scholarly journals including the Journal of Bone Mineral Research. She is also a standing member of the NIH SBSR study section and has affiliations with the American Heart Association and the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.

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