Cheng-Rong Yu, PhD. MD.

National Institutes of Health, USA.

Laboratory Address:                                           

Bldg. 10, Rm10S247, 10 Center Drive,                                 

Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-1857                                               

301-496-5232 (Lab), Fax: 301-480-1122                             

E-mail:yuc@nei.nih.gov                                                   

Citizenship:  U.S.A

Education:

PhD. and M.Sc, in Immunology and Microbiology. The George Washington University, Washington DC 20052. U.S.A, 1996

M.D., Zhejiang Medical College, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P. R. China. 1976

Scientific Career:

      2000-date Staff Scientist, Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute. National Institute of Health (NIH), Health & Human Service (HHS) of USA Government, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

1998-2000 Post-doctoral Fellow, Cytokine Biology Unit, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892

1996-1998 Post-doctoral Fellow, Leukocyte Cell Biology Section, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, NCI, Frederick Cancer Research & Research Development Center, NIH, Frederick, MD 21702

1992-1995 Guest Fellow (for Ph.D. thesis), Laboratory of Cellular Immunology, Division of Cellular and Gene Therapies, CBER, FDA, Bethesda, MD, 20892

1988-1996 Teaching Assistant, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Medical Center, The George Washington University, Washington, DC  20052

1982-1987 Physician, Doctor-in-Charge, Chief of the Epidemic Local Disease section, The Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Prevention and Treatment of Endemic Diseases, Health & Anti-epidemic Center, Hangzhou, P. R. China

1976-1981 Government Scientific Officer/Physician (internist), The Health Bureau of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, P. R. China.

1973-1976 Zhejiang Medical University, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P. R. China.

1971-1973 The Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Prevention and Treatment of Endemic Diseases, Health & Anti-epidemic Center, Hangzhou, P. R. China.

1969-1971. Barefoot Doctor.  Eastern-Red village (Chao-home-bay), Eastern bay community, Xiao Shan district, Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, P. R. China.

1966-1968. Agriculture middle school. Eastern-Direction Red village (Chao-Home-Bay), Eastern Bay Community, Xiao Shan district, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, P. R. China.

1960-1966. Primary School. Eastern-Direction Red village (Chao-Home-Bay), Eastern Bay Community, Xiao Shan district, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, P. R. China.

Honors and Awards:

1. 2020 2020 NEI Director’s Award in “recognition of extraordinary competence and dedication during the COVID-19 pandemic” inscientific/medical innovation catalog.

2. 2020 NEI Director’s Award for 20 year length of service.

3. 2017 2017 NEI Director’s Award as part of the Laboratory of Immunology Move Team “For outstanding dedication, resourcefulness and perseverance in organizing and managing the move of the Immunoregulation Section and the Molecular Immunology Section into new space.”

4. 2012 The Experimental Uveitis Research Award by the Deutsche Uveitis Arbeitsgemeinschaft, 2^nd Prize, (Oh and Yu (Co-First Authorship), Immunol. 187(6): 3338-46, 2011
5. 2008 The Experimental Uveitis Research Award by the Deutsche Uveitis Arbeitsgemeinschaft, 1^st Prize, Amadi-Obi and Yu (Co-First Authorship), Nature Medicine. 13:711-8, 2007) et al., 2008

6. 1994 Certificate for five-year loyal service award at The George Washington University. Washington, DC 20052

7. 1988-1995 Scholarship Award, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA