Prof Tao Wang MD, PhD, SFHEA
Professor of Molecular Medicine

Overview
Being a previous Cardiologist, my research interest is in the molecular basis of cardiovascular diseases, focusing on genetic small vessel diseases (SVD) and the functions of the causative genes such as NOTCH3, COL4A1/A2, TREX1, in cardiovascular system. We utilise patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) as model system to study a range of genetic SVD in order to understand molecular mechanisms of the conditions, and identify biomarkers and therapeutic targets that could be generalised to the more common and sporadic form of SVD. We are particularly interested in understanding how cerebral vascular pathologies lead to the neurodegeneration and vascular dementia by interrogating interactions between different iPSC-derived vascular and neuronal cell types that form the neurovascular unit (NVU) in the brain. My group is also interested in stem cell related vascular tissue engineering and nano-medicine/nano-targeting.
Biography
2018 - Now Professor of Molecular Medicine
2014 – 2018 Senior Lecturer, The University of Manchester
2003 – 2013 Lecturer/Research Fellow, The University of Manchester
2001 – 2003 Postdoc, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge
1992 - 2001 Postdoc, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge
1986 – 1992 Physician Cardiologist, the 3rd Hospital of Peking University
1988 – 2001 PhD, the 3rd Hospital of Peking University Health Science Centre
1981 – 1986 Medical student, China Medical University
Qualifications
1986 MBChB, China Medical University
1991 PhD, Peking University Health Science Centre
2017 SFHEA (Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy, UK)
2021 FRSB (Fellow of Royal Society of Biology)
2022 FRSM (Fellow of Royal Society of Medicine)
Memberships of committees and professional bodies
- Member of British Society for Cardiovascular Research
- Member of British Atherosclerosis Society
- Member of the International Society for Stem Cell Research
- Guest Editor: Cardiovascular Disease and Vascular Tissue Engineering (Cells, special issue)
- Managing Editor: Signalling Pathways in Cardiovascular Function and Diseases (FBS special issue)
- Member of Editorial Board: American Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
- Member of Editorial Board: Annals of Stroke and Vascular Neurology
- Editorial Board member: Bioscience Research Institute (BRI)
- Editorial Board member: Frontiers in Bioscience Scholar
- Editorial Board member: Frontiers in Bioscience-Elite
- Topic Editor: Pharmaceutics
- Member of Editorial Board, Signal Transduction Insights (an online journal)
- Member of Editorial Board (previous), Recent Patents on CNS Drug Discovery
- Overseas Editor for Chinese Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (CJBMB)
- Overseas Editor for Chinese Journal of Cardiovascular Review
External positions
Guest Professor, Peking University
Jan 2018 → …
Research Networks and Beacons
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Publications
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review