Yihai Cao#

Present and Previous Positions

• 2004 - present Professor at MTC, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2001 - 2004 Associate professor (Lector) at Karolinska Institute. A 6-year Research Position at the Swedish Research Council 1998-2001 Assistant professor at Karolinska Institute
• 1996 - 1998 Senior research associate at Karolinska Institute
• 1993 - 1996 Research fellow and instructor at the Department of Surgery and Cellular Biology, Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Supervisor: Professor Judah Folkman
• 1988 - 1993 Ph.D. student at Karolinska Institutet (Ludwig Institutet Stockholm)
• 1986 - 1988 Visiting research fellow at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Inselspital, Bern Branch, Switzerland

• Angiogenesis
• Drug development
• Tumor Biology
• Vascular Biology
• Metabolism

• ERC advanced research grant (ERC_Ad)
• The Dr. Axel Hirsch Prize for medicine
• NOVO Nordisk Advanced grant award
• Distinguished professor award (Karolinska Institute)
• Outstanding scientist at the Karolinska Institute assessed by international panel experts
• Honorary M.D., Copenhagen University, Denmark
• Eric Fernström Prize, Sweden
• Fulbright research fellow award (USA)
• Honorary professor, Copenhagen University, Denmark
• Guest Professor, Shinshu University, Japan
• Adjunct Professor at the Leicester University, UK
• Guest Professor, Linköping University, Sweden
• Guest Professor, Peking University, China
• Guest Professor, Shandong University
• Guest Professor, Nankai University
• Human Frontier Science Program (France) grant award
• Human Frontier Science Program fellow
• Chang Jiang Scholar, Chinese Educational Ministry, China
• Outstanding oversea young investigator, Chinese National Foundation, China
• Fellow of Thousand Talents Program, China

Curriculum Vitae

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Highlights of my work and anecdotes

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