Chemical Genomics

Haian Fu is a Professor of Pathology, Hematology, and Medical Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine. He also serves as director of the Chemical Biology Discovery Center and co-director of the Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics Program at the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University. His research focuses on protein-protein interactions in signal transduction pathways that control cell survival and death in normal and cancer cells. He serves on the editorial board of several scientific journals, including Current Chemical Genomics. He edited Protein-Protein Interactions: Methods and Applications (2004). Dr Fu has been recognized by various honors including the PhRMA Faculty Development Award, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund New Investigator Award, the GRA Distinguished Investigator Award and the Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar. He is also a recipient of the Award for Excellence in Mentorship by the Emory Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (2000) and the Emory Pharmacology Teaching Excellence Award (2006).