Education

Bachelor of Science in Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Zhengzhou University,  Zhengzhou, China

PhD. in Epidemiology & Health Statistics, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Research I started my research in Lyme disease during my postgraduate training in China, and jumped to Rocky Mountain Laboratories and was a  postdoctoral fellow in molecular genetics in Borrelia burgdorferi in Patti Rosa lab. Now I am investigating the role of adhesins in Borrelia transmission in John Leong’s lab.