Xiao-Tang Kong
University of California, Irvine, USA
Biography
Xiao-Tang Kong received her first Doctoral degree in Pediatric Medicine (1993) from Beijing Capital Medical University, China. She received her second Doctoral degree (PhD, 1996) in Molecular Biology of Cancer from University of Tokyo, Japan, and then completed her Postdoctoral research in Cancer Genetics at Memphis Children’s Research Hospital (1997-1998) and University of California, Irvine (1998-2001), USA. She was awarded her third Doctoral degree (MD, 2008) from Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California (USC). She completed her neuro-oncology fellowship at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (2013). Currently, she serves as Assistant Professor of Neurology at University of California, Irvine. Her clinical research focuses on identifying effective treatment for newly diagnosed and recurrent malignant brain tumors.
Abstract
Abstract : New therapy for malignant brain tumors, complications and challenges