Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine (Div. of Hematology/Oncology), UCSF
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weiai@medicine.ucsf.edu Box 0324, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0324 |
| EDUCATION | |
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Beijing University, China, Bsc, 1984-1987, Cell Biology and Genetics |
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| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | |
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06/93 - 09/93 |
Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Kobe, Japan, Research associate, Molecular Biology Laboratory of Pharmacology Institute |
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06/00 - 06/01 |
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Internship in Internal Medicine |
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07/01 - 06/02 |
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Residency in Internal Medicine |
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07/02 - 06/05 |
Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, Clinical fellow in medical oncology |
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07/03 - 09/03 |
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Visiting oncology fellow on Bone Marrow Transplant Service |
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07/05 - 12/06 |
Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, Postdoctoral research fellow in immunotherapy in Dr. Ronald Levy's laboratory |
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03/06 - 12/06 |
Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, Instructor in medical oncology |
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01/07 - present |
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology |
| HONORS & AWARDS | |
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1997 |
Beckman Scholar, Stanford University |
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1998 |
Dean's Scholar, Stanford University |
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2005 |
Young Investigator Award by American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) |
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2005 |
Lisa Beth Fishman Memorial Fellow of Lymphoma Research Foundation (2005-2007) |
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2006 |
Travel Award by American Society of Hematology (ASH) |
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2006 |
Brigid G. Leventhal Scholar Awards by American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) |
| SELECTED PUBLICATIONS | |
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Dingwall, A., Zhuang, W., Quon, K., Shapiro, L.: Expression of an early gene in the flagellar regulatory hierarchy is sensitive to an interruption in DNA replication. Journal of Bacteriology, 174:1760-1768, 1992. |
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Zhuang, W., Shapiro, L.: Caulobacter FliQ and FliR membrane proteins, required for flagellar biogenesis and cell division, belong to a family of virulence export proteins. Journal of Bacteriology, 177:343-356, 1995. |
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Zhuang, W. et. al: The susceptibility of muscle cells to oxidative stress is independent of nitric oxide synthase expression. Muscle & Nerve, April, 2001: 502-511 |
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Advani, R., Ai, Weiyun Z., and Sandra J. Horning: Management of advanced Hodgkin's disease. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (JNCCN), 4:241-247, 2006. |
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Olga K. Weinberg, Weiyun Z. Ai, M. Rajan Mariappan, Carol Shum, Ronald Levy, Daniel A. Arber. 2007 "Minor" BCL2 breakpoints in follicular lymphoma: Frequency and correlation with grade and disease presentation in 236 cases. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, accepted. Epub July 25, 2007. |
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Ai, Weiyun Z., Tibshirani, R., Taidi B., Czerwinski, D., and Ronald Levy: Induction of anti-idiotype antibody through vaccination correlates with better survival in follicular lymphoma. Submitted. 2007 |
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Zhuang, W., Shapiro, L.: FliQR: an early expressed operon in C. crescentus flagellar biogenesis. Poster presentation, American Society of Microbiology Annual Conference, 1992 |
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Ai, Weiyun Z., Czerwinski, D., Holmes, T., Tibshirani, R., Horning, S., and Ronald Levy: The Percentage of Tumor-infiltrating T cells Is Not Correlated with Overall Survival in Follicular B-cell Lymphomas. Poster presentation, at American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting 2004 |
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Ai, Weiyun Z., Kim, Youn, Hoppe, R. T., Shah, S., Horning, S. J., Tibshirani, R., and Ronald Levy Preliminary Report on a Phase I/II Study of Intratumoral Injection of PF-3512676 (CpG 7909), a TLR9 Agonist, Combined with Radiation in Recurrent Low-grade Lymphomas. Poster presentation, American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting 2006 |
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Ai, Weiyun Z., Czerwinski, D., Horning, S.J., Allen, J., Tibshirani, R., and Ronald Levy: Tumor- infiltrating T cells are not predictive of clinical outcome in follicular lymphoma. Oral presentation, American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting 2006 |
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Ai, Weiyun Z., Hsu, F., Timmermen, J., Czerwinski, B., Taidi, B., Levy, R., Sandra J. Horning: Alternating CVP with fludarabine chemotherapy prior to idiotype vaccination for follicular lymphoma. Poster presentation, American Association of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting 2007 |
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A Morales, W Ai, RT Hoppe, S Shah, R Levy, and YH Kim. Novel in situ vaccination with intratumoral injection of CpG 7909, a TLR 9 agonist, combined with radiation in mycosis fungoides and primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma. American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, 2007 |
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8/6/07 |
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