Weiwei Dang, Ph.D.
Weiwei Dang, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Titles & Positions
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics

  • Faculty Member, Huffington Center on Aging
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Biography

Grant Information
Grant ID: R1306
Grant Mechanism: 
Recruitment of First-Time, Tenure-Track Faculty Members
Recruited From: 
University of Pennsylvania
Date Awarded: 
December 05, 2012
Grant Amount: 
$2,000,000

Dr. Dang is an Assistant Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine, a core faculty member at the Huffington Center on Aging and a member of the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center. His laboratory studies epigenetic regulation mechanisms of aging and age-associated diseases. His research uses yeast replicative aging as a model, together with human primary cell lines and adult stem cells, to study evolutionarily conserved epigenetic pathways during aging and development of age-related diseases.