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5323 Harry Hines BoulevardDallas, TX 75390
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Education & Training
- Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 2018 - 2021
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPhD, Biology, 2011 - 2016
- Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 2016
- Princeton UniversityAB, Biochemistry, Magna Cum Laude, 2005 - 2009
Certifications & Licensure
- TX State Medical License 2021 - 2026
- MA State Medical License 2018 - 2021
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- PhD work selected as one of the 2016 Breakthroughs of the Year Science Signaling, 2017
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsPEX39 facilitates the peroxisomal import of PTS2-containing proteins.Walter W Chen, Tony A Rodrigues, Daniel Wendscheck, Ana G Pedrosa, Chendong Yang
Nature Cell Biology. 2025-08-01 - 1 citationsTechnologies for Decoding Cancer Metabolism with Spatial Resolution.Walter W Chen, Michael E Pacold, David M Sabatini, Naama Kanarek
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. 2025-07-01 - 26 citationsMFSD7C switches mitochondrial ATP synthesis to thermogenesis in response to heme.Yingzhong Li, Nikola A. Ivica, Ting Dong, Dimitrios P. Papageorgiou, Yanpu He
Nature Communications. 2020-09-24
Journal Articles
- Enhanced phosphatase activity attenuates α-synucleinopathy in a mouse modelLee KW, Chen W, Junn E, Im JY, Grosso H, Sonsalla PK, Feng X, Ray N, Fernandez JR, Chao Y, Masliah E, Voronkov M, Braithwaite SP, Stock JB, Mouradian MM, J Neurosci., 5/11/2011
Press Mentions
- Awards & Recognitions: December 2020December 2nd, 2020
Grant Support
- Investigating an uncharacterized mitochondrial protein in cellular and hepatic physiologyUT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER2025–2030
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