Dr. Cai earned her Ph.D. degree from the Chinese Academy of Science, the most prestigious research institute in China, and got her postdoctoral training at National Institute on Aging (U.S.A.). She is now working in the Department of Pharmacology of University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

Dr. Cai have published 23 peer-reviewed research papers in various scientific journals, including several top journals in my field, such as the prestigious journals Nature Medicine, Trends in Pharmacological Sciences and Endocrinology. Her publications have been widely cited by peer scientists for 464 times. She has been invited by 15 journals to act as either academic editor or reviewer for other scientists’ research results.

Obesity; Diabetes; Metabolism; Adipose Function; Neurodegenerative Disorders.