Faculty & Staff

Post Doctoral Fellows

Cheng Chen, PhD

Postdoctoral Associate, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (Cardiology), UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, Vascular Medicine Institute





 

Education

PhD, Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020

MS, Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017

BE, Food Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, China, 2016

 

Research Interests

Dr. Chen’s current research focuses on ultrasound microbubble mediated imaging and therapy, specifically on scar detection post myocardial infarction. Her research interests also include ultrasound droplet vaporization in vitro and in vivo, novel targeted drug and gene delivery for cancer therapy, and dietary intervention and tumor physiology.