Prof. Weidong Le
Title: TBA
Biography
Weidong Le, M.D.,
Ph.D., is a neurologist/scientist with a major research interest in neurodegenerative
disorders including Parkinson’s
disease, Alzheimer’s
disease and ALS. He
graduated from Shanghai 2ndMedical University with a doctoral degree
in 1988, and received postdoctoral training at Dr. Stanley Appel’s laboratory
from 1989-1991. He was promoted to Professor of Neurology in 2005 at Baylor College of Medicine, and since 2013 he has been
appointed as the Director of Center for Translational Research on Neurological
Diseases, and Vice President
of 1st Affiliated Hospital, Dalian Medical University. He is a
full affiliate member of Houston Methodist Research Institute. He has published
over 200 SCI papers in peer review journals and 7 scientific books, and serves
as board member or associate editor for 8 international journals.
Research Interest
Dr. Le is a
neurologist/neuroscientist with research interest in the cellular and molecular
basis of neuronal injury in these neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Le’s research
program focuses on defining the molecular mechanisms and pathological pathways
of three major neurodegenerative diseases (Parkinson’s disease [PD],
Alzheimers’s disease, and ALS). Recently he pioneered a linkage study of
transcription factors regulating CNS development and neurodegenerative
disorders
