Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Program Co-Leader of Cell Identity and Signaling of Purdue University
Center for Cancer Research (PCCR)
Program Co-Leader of Prostate Cancer Discovery Group of PCCR
Phone: (765) 496-1971
Fax: (765) 494-1414
E-mail: hu1@purdue.edu
Purdue Faculty Website: https://www.mcmp.purdue.edu/faculty/hu1
Specialization: Cancer Biology and Cancer Pharmacology
Education
M.D. (1984) - Bengbu Medical College, China (Medicine)
M.S. (1987) - Tongji Medical University, China (Cancer Immunology)
Ph.D. (1997) - Kobe University, Japan (Molecular Biology)
Postdoc (2000-2002) - University of Michigan
Recent Awards
July 2017 - June 2021 - University Showalter Faculty Scholar Award of Purdue University
May 2019 - 2019 Chaney Faculty Scholar Award (Research Award in the Purdue University College of Pharmacy)
May 2018 - Lafayette Lions Club Award for Outstanding Achievements in Cancer Research (State Award)
October 2017 - Seed for Success Award (EVPRP)
April 2017 - Pharmaceutical Sciences Teacher of the Year in the College of Pharmacy
Recent Services in National and International Conferences
March 2020 - Invited Keynote Speaker (the 5th International Conference on Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo)
November 2019 - Session Co-Chair of Plenary Session I (Big Data as Engines for Discovery) at the 2019 SBUR
May 2016 - Session Co-Chair of Session I (Inflammation and metabosm alterations in urological diseases) at the 2016 SBUR
Research Areas
(1) Development of novel technologies to image and target transcriptional and epigenetic regulation.
(2) Regulation and function of AP-1 in prostate cancer cells.
(3) Mechanisms and targeting of therapy-induced neuroendocrine differentiation (NED) in prostate cancer.
(4) Role of PRMT5 in prostate cancer development, progression, and therapeutic response.
(5) Development of protein-protein interaction disruptors as novel cancer therapeutics.