Biography
Dr. Ning was born in China. He received his B.S. and PhD in Cell Biology and Genetics from Wuhan University, a famous university ranked in Top 10 in China. After postdoctoral training at UNC Chapel Hill, he began his independent career at the University of Miami in 2009. He currently is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine. He also serves as a member of the faculty panel for education at University of Central Florida.
Dr. Ning is interested in the interaction between EBV and the host innate immune system. EBV is a fascinating paradigm for studying the host-pathogen interaction. Dysregulation of EBV-specific immune response is not only important for EBV latency and oncogenesis, but also a characteristic of EBV-associated autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
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1999 Top graduate student of Wuhan University
· 1999 Awardfrom Chinese Academy of Sciences
· 2000 Top graduate student of Wuhan University
· 2000 Award fromCommercial Bank of China
· 2000 Award from the NSF of China (Beijing, China. No. 30070376. Role: co-PI)
· 2001 Top graduate student of Wuhan University
· 2001 AwardfromBaogang Education Fund
· 2001 Award fromWandai Education Fund
· 2001 Award from the International Foundation for Science (IFS) (Stockholm. No. C/3187-1. role: PI)
· 2002 Top graduate student of Wuhan University
· 2002 Awardfrom Guilin Sanjin Fund
· 2003 Excellent PhD Thesis Award of Wuhan University
· 2005 Excellent PhD Thesis Award of the Ministry of Education of China
· 2009 Award from the ASM International Professorship Program
· 2011 Outstanding Service to the International Board of the ASM
· 2011 Outstanding Service as an Online Mentor of the ASM Minority Mentoring Program