T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F B R I T I S H C O L U M B I A Weihong Song, MD, PhD (宋伟宏) Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Jack Brown and Family Professor and Canada Research Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease Senior Advisor to UBC President on China Associate Director, Institute of Mental Health Director, Basic Neuroscience Division, Department of Psychiatry Director, UBC Townsend Family Laboratories Department of Psychiatry, The University of British Columbia 2255 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada Tel: 604-822-8019, Fax: 604-822-7756, Email:
[email protected] Web: http://www.neuroscience.ubc.ca/song.htm Professional Experience 2017- Senior Advisor to the President on China 2015- Associate Director, Institute of Mental Health 2015- Director, Basic Neuroscience Division, Department of Psychiatry 2012- Canada Research Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease (Tier 1) 2010- Professor (with tenure) 2009-2016 Special Advisor to the President on China 2008- Director, UBC Townsend Family Laboratories 2001- Jack Brown and Family Professorship & Chair in Alzheimer's Disease 2002-2012 Canada Research Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease (Tier 2) 2006-2010 Associate Professor (with tenure), 2004-2008 Postdoctoral Coordinator for Faculty of Medicine 2001-2006 Assistant Professor (tenure track) Department of Psychiatry/Brain Research Center The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada 1999-2001 Instructor 1996-1999 Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Supervisor: Bruce A. Yankner, MD, PhD) Department of Neurology Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 1988-1990 Chief Psychiatrist and Lecturer of Psychiatry 1986-1988 Chief Resident Doctor and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry 1983-1986 Psychiatry Residency Department of Psychiatry and Institute of Mental Health The First Affiliated Hospital West China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China Education 1993-1996 Ph.D., Program of Medical Neurobiology (Supervisor: Debomoy K.