Chen, Xiaoying Ph.D.
Title and Affiliation:
Principal Investigator and Assistant Professor, Washington University School of Medicine.
Biosketch:
Dr. Chen is a faculty member in the Department of Neurology, Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, and Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Washington University School of Medicine. Chen laboratory integrates cutting-edge technologies from neuroscience, immunology, metabolism, and molecular biology to understand the interactions of the brain and the immune system in health and disease to prevent, slow or reverse Alzheimer’s Disease. She has contributed significant insights into understanding neuronal plasticity (Chen et al. 2017. Journal of Neuroscience; Chen et al. 2016 and 2020. Protein & Cell; Smith and Chen et al. 2020. Nature Communication), learning (Chen et al. 2022. Nature), and neuron-immune interactions in neurodegenerative disease (Chen et al. 2022. Immunity; Chen et al. 2023. Nature).
Due to the merit and strength of her research, she was awarded the Early Career Achievement Award from the Alzheimer's Association, the Jeffrey Morby Prize for Best Alzheimer’s Disease Research from Cure Alzheimer's Fund, the O’Leary Prize for Best Neuroscience Research at Washington University, the Poletsky Award for Alzheimer’s Disease Research from Washington University, the Tau Consortium Fellowship from Rainwater Charitable Foundation, the Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust Foundation, the Career Development Award from Society for Neuroscience. She is a member of the Society for Neuroscience, Alzheimer’s Association, American Society for Neurochemistry, and American Neurological Association.
Dr. Chen has reviewed papers for journals and conferences, including Immunity, Alzheimer’s & Dementia, Neuron, Nature Neuroscience, Science Advances, Cell Reports, Molecular Neurodegeneration, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Neuroimmunology (editor), Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, and Translational Neurodegeneration.
Field of Expertise: Brain-immune communication in health and disease