Dr. Wenchao Song

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Biography

Wenchao Song is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine. He completed his Bachelor of Science in Biology at Ocean University of China and earned a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales. His research expertise lies in pathogenesis and experimental therapeutics related to complement-mediated inflammatory and autoimmune thrombotic vasculopathy diseases. Dr. Song focuses on creating gene-targeted mice and establishing mouse models for human diseases to understand disease pathogenesis and to test novel anti-complement therapies. His long-term goal is to advance basic complement immunology to aid in the development of new therapies for complement-mediated human diseases. Dr. Song is also interested in the interaction between complement and innate immune pathways and the role of Toll-like receptors in the adaptive immune system.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Pennsylvania

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.6
GRE General
Verbal
Required:162
Quantitative
Required:162
Overall
Required:162
GMAT
Total Score
Required:728
Overall
Required:728
TOEFL
Total
Required:115
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree or equivalent Strong quantitative background
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