Dong Chen

Dong Chen (Chinese: 董晨; born 1968) is a Chinese immunologist and the current dean of School of Medicine, Tsinghua University.

He is a member of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party.

Dong was born in 1968 in Wuhan, Hubei. He secondary studied at Wuhan No. 12 High School. In 1985 he entered Wuhan University, where he graduated in 1989. In 1990 he pursued advanced studies in the United States, first earning his doctor's degree in cell and molecular biology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1996 and then did post-doctoral research at Yale School of Medicine from 1997 to 2000.

In 2000 he became an assistant professor at the University of Washington, serving until 2004. He joined the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2004, becoming tenured professor and dean and director of Inflammation and Tumor Center in 2008.

He returned to China in 2013 and that same year became professor at Tsinghua University. In 2013 he became the vice-dean of its School of Medicine, rising to dean three years later. He is also director of the Institute of Immunology, Tsinghua University.

• November 22, 2019 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)