Updates

2026

October: I will be presenting my research on early-onset colorectal cancer risk factor discovery and clinical trajectories at the Cancer Grand Challenges Team PROSPECT Annual Meeting and Symposium entitled Early-Onset Cancers: Rethinking Cancer Cause Discovery, taking place on October 1–2 at WashU in St. Louis, Missouri. My presentation will be both during scientific sessions and as a poster presentation.

August: Our research in Cao Lab at WashU on shaping the future of early-onset colorectal cancer prevention has been published in Nature Reviews Cancer. This is a milestone roadmap review on early-onset colorectal cancer risk factor discovery and its integration with causal mechanistic insights, arguing that prevention strategies need to be tailored to younger populations.

June: For the second year, I am part of the organizing committee for the Cancer Grand Challenges Future Leaders’ Conference 2026, helping with abstract review and planning this year’s conference on November 11–13, in Barcelona, Spain.
April: Excited to share that I will be presenting my research at the American Cancer Society and Cancer Research UK Cancer Prevention Research Conference 2026 this June, in Atlanta, Georgia.

October - December: For the second year, I am teaching R programming labs and assisting with the Intermediate Epidemiology Course as a Teaching Assistant, in the Master of Population Health Sciences (MPHS) Program.
August: Happy to share that my abstract has been accepted for presentation at the Cancer Grand Challenges Future Leaders’ Conference 2025 this November, in Milan, Italy.

July: It was an amazing experience to expand my knowledge and skills in molecular cancer epidemiology at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Integrative Molecular Epidemiology Workshop 2025, aimed to bridge cancer biology and percision medicine, in Philadelphia!

June: I am excited to join the Cancer Grand Challenges Future Leaders’ Conference 2025 organizing committee, helping with abstract review and planning this year’s conference on November 12–14, in Milan, Italy.
April: Happy to join the Cancer Grand Challenges Future Leaders Working Group as the lead of the Team PROSPECT future leaders to help with activities to develop the next generation of cancer research leaders.
March: Honored to be chosen as a judge for WashU’s 30th Annual Graduate Research Symposium, scheduled for March 27, 2025.
January: Excited to share that my abstract has been accepted for poster presentation at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2025, taking place in Chicago, April 25–30.

November 18: Honored to be a guest speaker at the Cells to Society Club at the WashU Brown School, discussing the Rising Incidence of Colorectal Cancer in Younger Adults.

November 13: Excited to present my developing project on Generational Shifts in Cancer Risk at the Work in Progress Series in the Division of Public Health Sciences.

October - December: Excited to teach R programming labs for statistical analysis of complex survey data as a Teaching Assistant for the Intermediate Epidemiology Course, in the Master of Population Health Sciences (MPHS) Program.

August: Thrilled to join Cao Lab in the Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, WashU, as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. In this role, I will do postdoctoral research and training on cancer and molecular epidemiology, with a focus on early-onset colorectal cancer risk factor discovery and clinical trajectories.
January: I am happy to join the the Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, at Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, as a Research Data Analyst. In this position, I will conduct clinical research and data analysis in the fields of rheumatology and musculoskeletal diseases, with a specific focus on osteoarthritis joint pain and inflammatory biomarkers.