美國華人生物學家協(xié)會名錄成立于1998年，主要成員是自上世紀80年代起從中國大陸赴美留學獲博士學位、在北美大學或研究機構(gòu)任助理教授以上職位的華裔生物學者以及在工業(yè)界做到項目領(lǐng)導以上的華人。該協(xié)會最初命名為“吳瑞協(xié)會”，以表彰康奈爾大學教授吳瑞在促進中美生命科學交流中作出的杰出貢獻。

  改革開放初期，當鄧小平提出擴大派遣留學生的想法后，吳瑞立即向中國教育部建議：世界生命科學領(lǐng)域發(fā)展很快，中國要盡快培養(yǎng)這一領(lǐng)域的年輕科技人才。為此，他向美國數(shù)十所一流大學介紹中國的改革開放，并說服它們接受中國留學生，最終促成了 CUSBEA項目，也就是常說的“吳瑞項目”的實施。項目自1981年連續(xù)8年共派出425人，如今這些人中的很多已成為當今世界生命科學領(lǐng)域的頂尖專家，為促進我國基因工程和生物技術(shù)的發(fā)展起了重要作用。

  吳瑞協(xié)會在華人生物學家中的影響越來越廣泛，并于2004年更名為華人生物學家協(xié)會，成為代表北美等地區(qū)3000多位華裔生物學精英的專業(yè)組織。很多著名華裔生物學家，如美國科學院院士王曉東、美國文理科學院院士袁鈞英、霍華德休斯醫(yī)學研究院研究員許田、耶魯大學干細胞項目主任林海帆、哈佛大學醫(yī)學院教授施楊等，都曾在協(xié)會理事會任職。

  協(xié)會網(wǎng)址：http：//www.**isociety.org/

CURRENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS

BOARD OFFICERS

Weimin Zhong, Ph.D., President

weimin.zhong[ta]**e.edu

Associate Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University

 Hao Wu, Ph.D. , Vice President

hao.wu[ta]**ldrens.harvard.edu

Asa and Patricia Springer Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, and Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital

Guo-Min Li, Ph.D., , Secretary

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Professor, Department of Toxicology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine

 Yingzi Yang, Ph.D., Treasurer

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Senior Investigator, Head of the Developmental Genetics Section. Genetic Disease Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH

BOARD MEMBERS

Yibin Kang, Ph.D. ykang[ta]**nceton.edu

Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University

 Xiangdong William Yang, M.D., Ph.D. xwyang[ta]**net.ucla.edu

Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences; Member, Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics, Semel Institute; Member, Brain Research Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Mingjie Zhang, Ph.D. mzhang[ta]**.hk

Kerry Holdings Professor of Science, Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

 Yi Zhang, Ph.D. yzhang[ta]**etics.med.harvard.edu

Fred Rosen Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, and Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital

Pan Zheng, M.D., Ph.D. pzheng[ta]**ldrensnational.org

Senior Investigator and McKnew Chair for Cancer Biology, Center for Cancer and Immunology Research, Children's Research Institute, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC

 Yimin Zou, Ph.D. yzou[ta]**d.edu

Professor, Neurobiology Section, Biological Sciences Division. University of California, San Diego

Lei Li, Ph.D. leili[ta]**nderson.org

Herbert L. and Oliver Stringer Professor of Cancer Research and Treatment, Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

Ming Xiaoming Zhang, Ph.D. mzhang2[ta]**c.edu

Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas