
Heng Du
- Associate Professor
School of Pharmacy - Pharmacology & Toxicology
785-864-0845
Office
Malott Hall
University of Kansas
1251 Wescoe Hall Drive
Lawrence, KS 66045
Education
- M.D./Ph.D., Sun Yat-sen School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (2003-2006)
- M.S., Medicine, Medical School of Shandong University, Shandong, China (2000-2003)
- B.S., Medicine, Medical School of Shandong University, Shandong, China (1995-2000)
Experience
Professional Experience
- Associate Professor, University of Texas, Dallas, Richardson, TX (2019-2020)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas, Dallas, Richardson, TX (2013-2019)
- Assistant Research Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Higuchi Bioscience Research Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (2011-2013)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Surgery and Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY (2006-2010)
- M.D./Ph.D. Program Exchange Student, Psychiatry, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY (2005-2006)
Biography
Heng Du’s research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration in neurodegenerative diseases with a special emphasis on Alzheimer's disease and the development of therapeutic approaches for Alzheimer’s disease treatment.