Tissue Preservation and Biobanking

Dr. Yong-Jian Geng, in 1994, received doctoral degree in clinical chemistry from Goethenburg University, Sweden, and post-doctoral training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. 1997-1999, he joined faculty at Allegency General Hospital, Pittsburgh, and since University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He was appointed as director of Center for Cardiovacular Biology and Atherosclerosis Center and laboratory of Heart Failure and Stem Cell Research, Texas Heart Institute. He is a tenured, full professor of medicine, molecular pathology and bioengineering. His research work is focused on diagnosis, prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis-associated cardiovascular diseases as well as stem cell therapy.