Short Biography   

 

Jun Ren, MD, PhD. FAHA

Associate Dean for Reseach and Professor of Pharmacology

University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences

Director, Wyoming INBRE Program

 

Education:

1982-1985:        Diploma                        (Premed and Biology), Beijing University, Beijing, P.R.China.

1985-1989:        M.D.                 (equi),   Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

1989-1994:        Ph.D.                (Cell Biology & Physiology), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

1994-1996:        Postdoc.          Program of Cell & Mol Cardiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

 

Positions and Employment

1989 - 1994         Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada T6G 2H7

1994 - 1996         Postdoctoral Fellow, Program in Cellular and Molecular Cardiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201

1996 - 1998         Research Instructor/Associate, Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201

1998 - 2002         Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Therapeutics, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks, ND 58203

2002 - 2005         Associate Professor (with tenure), Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Laramie, WY 82071-3375.

2003 -                 Affiliated Associate Professor of Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.

2004.3-2008.5     Director, Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine (CRAM), University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071.

2005 -                 Professor (with tenure), Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Laramie, WY 82071-3375.

2008.7-               Associate Dean for Research, Director, Wyoming INBRE Program, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, Laramie, WY 82071.

2011.1-               Interim Director/Associate Director, University of Wyoming Biomedical PhD Graduate Program, Laramie, WY 82071.

 

Brief Biosketch:

Dr. Ren earned his Ph.D. in 1994 from the University of Alberta, Canada, in the area of cellular physiology, following his medical training in China (Beijing University and Peking Union Medical College). In 1994, he became a post-doctoral fellow in the Wayne State University School of Medicine (Internal Medicine), where he served for two years. He remained at Wayne State University until 1998, working as a research instructor of physiology. He was an Assistant Professor of Physiology at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences from 1998-2002 and then an Associate Professor of University of Wyoming from 2002-2005. He was promoted to full professor in 2005 and was appointed as Associate Dean for Research in the College of Health Sciences at the University of Wyoming. His major area of research is related to cardiac pathophysiology in alcoholism, diabetes, obesity and aging. His research has been funded by the American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association and NIH. He is a first or corresponding author of more than 450 peer-reviewed papers and 100 published abstracts. He is editor or on editorial board for a number of journals including Diabetes, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, American Journal of Physiology, Cardiovascular Toxicology and Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology.