Ling Wang, PhD
Faculty | Research/Scholarly Activities | Fellowship | ETSU Health: Infectious Disease Care
Ling Wang, PhD
Associate Professor | Infectious, Inflammatory and Immunologic Disease
wangl3@etsu.edu
VA Building 119
Graduate: Wuhan University, China, PhD, Molecular Biology, 2002; BS, 1995, Genetics
Postdoc: UNC at Chapel Hill, 2002-2007, Tumor Virology & Immunology
Research Associate: UNC at Chapel Hill, 2007-2009, Tumor Virology & Immunology
Research Scientist: University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2010-2014
Research Interests:
Chronic Viral Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, and Oncogenesis
Her research interests include host innate immune deregulation and chronic viral pathogenesis, with the focus on HIV-related, KSHV- and EBV-triggered oncogenic signaling pathways that play essential roles in angiogenesis and immune evasion in cell culture and mouse models. KSHV and EBV are close in the herpesvirus family, and both are carcinogens that cause malignancies in the setting of HIV coinfection. In recent years, I have also been conducting similar research on HIV and HCV using clinical samples. Elucidation of the mechanisms underlying the interaction of persistent viral infections with host innate immune system would advance our understanding of virus-associated chronic diseases including cancers, which account for 20% of all cancers worldwide.