Xifeng Wu

The native form of this personal name is Wu Xifeng. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Xifeng Wu (Chinese: 吴息凤; pinyin: Wú Xīfèng) is a Chinese-American cancer epidemiologist[1] known for her cohort studies designed to discover the causes of cancer. She has been Dean of the School of Public Health of Zhejiang University since March 2019. She previously served as Director of the Center for Public Health and Translational Genomics and the Betty B. Marcus Chair in Cancer Prevention at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center until she was forced to resign in January 2019, as part of the Trump administration's push to counter Chinese influence in American research according to Bloomberg Businessweek.[2][3]

  1. ^ Sweeeten, Valerie (October 21, 2016). "Research: Dr. Xifeng Wu". Houston Chronicle.
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  3. ^ Waldman, Peter (June 29, 2019). "Chinese scientists guilty of 'researching while Asian' in Trump's America". South China Morning Post.