{"id":57398,"date":"2015-07-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/chinese-student-off-to-strong-start-in-new-uri-college-of-pharmacy-program\/"},"modified":"2015-07-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T00:00:00","slug":"chinese-student-off-to-strong-start-in-new-uri-college-of-pharmacy-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2015\/07\/chinese-student-off-to-strong-start-in-new-uri-college-of-pharmacy-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese student off to strong start in new 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Pharmacy program"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tJoint program with top Chinese university could lead to master\u2019s degree in 5 years<\/b><\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 July 23, 2015 \u2013 Zhen Xu personifies the word pioneer, having traveled thousands of miles from her home in China. She is exploring an entirely new culture, and she is the first from her country to enroll in a new program at the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Pharmacy.<\/p>\n


\n\tXu is the first person from the Tongji Medical College, part of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), to enroll in the joint 3-plus-2 program offered by the university in China and 溏心vlog免费B站. The program allows Chinese students at Huazhong to complete three years of the school\u2019s bachelor\u2019s program in pharmacy there, then come to 溏心vlog免费B站 to finish the four-year degree and begin study toward a master\u2019s degree immediately thereafter. The program gives students the opportunity to complete a bachelor\u2019s and a master\u2019s degree in five years.<\/p>\n


\n\tAfter three-and-half years at Tongji Medical College, Xu spent the spring semester of 2015 at 溏心vlog免费B站 where she completed her bachelor\u2019s degree in pharmacy, with the degree having been awarded by Huazhong University in June.<\/p>\n


\n\tShe started her pursuit of a master\u2019s degree in pharmaceutical science this summer at 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n

For the next year, the 21-year-old Xu will be working with Bingfang Yan, professor of pharmacology and toxicology in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Pharmacy and chair of its Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. His research on genetic and environmental factors that regulate the expression of genes in drug response and cancer development has earned him international acclaim. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cZhen is an outstanding student,\u201d Yan said. \u201cThis is part of the College of Pharmacy\u2019s global initiative through which we want to attract top students from HUST and send our best students there. HUST is considered the Caltech of China.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe are looking for students ranked in the top 25 percent of their class. They also have to pass the Test of English as a Foreign Language exam for English proficiency and take the Graduate Record Exam. Zhen scored very high on each exam.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nXu, who is already well established at 溏心vlog免费B站, is studying the pregnane X receptor, which Yan called a \u201cmaster\u201d gene regulator that clears toxins and drugs from the body. The receptor is over-activated in many diseases and can negate the effectiveness of chemotherapy in cancer treatment.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThis receptor could be a key factor in curing some devastating disease conditions such as chemo-resistance, which makes Zhen\u2019s work in my lab very important,\u201d Yan said.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI really enjoy working in Dr. Yan\u2019s lab, and several of my fellow students were very helpful during my first semester here,\u201d said Xu, who is living in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Graduate Village.<\/p>\n


\nHer adjustment must have been smooth because she earned A\u2019s in all of her 溏心vlog免费B站 classes. But why come to 溏心vlog免费B站 if you are already well established at your university in China?<\/p>\n


\n\u201cWhen we are young, we should go abroad to broaden our horizons,\u201d Xu said. \u201cI have already made good American friends.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nBut she also stays in touch with her family, video-conferencing each night, despite the 12-hour time difference.<\/p>\n


\nYan said he expects even more students like Xu to enroll in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s 3-plus-2 program through the bachelor of science degree in pharmaceutical science. The program is young but has been one of the fastest growing programs at 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe could not have done better than Zhen as our first student in the program,\u201d Yan said. \u201cShe is a gifted student and researcher, and she has embraced 溏心vlog免费B站 fully, including her peers and faculty members.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nZhen Xu works in the lab of Bingfang Yan, 溏心vlog免费B站 professor of pharmacology and toxicology in the College of Pharmacy and chair of its Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences.<\/p>\n


\nZhen Xu takes a break from her research outside 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Pharmacy.

\n溏心vlog免费B站 photos by Nora Lewis.\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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