Organizing Committee Member
Jianyu Rao
Professor and vice chair
University of California
USA
Biography
Dr. Jianyu Rao is a tenured full professor and vice chair of the department of pathology and laboratory medicine at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). After graduated from Shanghai Medical University in 1984, he worked at Cancer Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and involved in multiple international cancer prevention and biomarker studies. He received provost-research post-doctoral fellowship from Oklahoma University Health Science Center in 1987, and became a research assistant professor in 1993. In 1994, he came to UCLA Medical Center to start his pathology (AP/CP) and cytopathology resident and fellowship training, became research faculty (Assistant Researcher) in 1995, and tenure-tracked Assistant Professor in 1999. In addition to be the vice chair of diagnostic technology innovation, he also currently serves as the chief of cytopathology, the director of international telepathology, and the medical director of Great Los Angeles cytotechnology school. His research focuses on cancer biomarker studies with over 170 peer-reviewed research publications. He has been invited to be a speaker for over 170 meetings and occasions locally, nationally and internationally for topics including cytology, gynecological and urinary tract pathology, cancer biology and therapy, and cancer biomarkers. He is also interested in developing new technologies for pathology especially cytopathology, including imaging and digital analysis, telepathology, nanotechnology, and AI-technology. His main accomplishments include established the first-ever international Telepathology program for patient second opinion consultation, uncovered the role of cytoskeletal actin remodeling in cancer cell differentiation, metastasis and invasion, determined molecular mechanisms of the anti-cancer effect of green tea extract, and pioneered the work for developing cellular mechanobiological profiles as a biomarker for cancer
Research Area
Pathology