Hao Zhu

Hao Zhu

Name: Hao Zhu, M.D.
Office Address:
5323 Harry Hines Blvd
Kern Wildenthal Biomedical Research Building NL.12.138A
Dallas, TX 75390-8502

EDUCATION

Year Degree Field of Study Institution
1999 B.S.
Summa Cum Laude
Biology Duke University
2005 M.D.
Magna Cum Laude
Medicine Harvard Medical School and
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Division of Health
Science & Technology
(MD honor’s thesis research
performed in Len Zon’s lab)

Postdoctoral Training

Year(s) Titles Specialty/Discipline
(Lab PI for postdoc
research)
Institution
2005-
2007
Residency Internal Medicine Residency University of California, San
Francisco
2007-
2011
Fellowship Hematology/Oncology
Fellowship
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and
Massachusetts General Hospital
2008-
2012
Post-doc George Daley, M.D., Ph.D. Harvard Medical School, Boston
Children’s Hospital

Current Licensure and Certification
Licensure
Massachusetts Medical License (expired)
Texas Medical License (active)

Board and Other Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), Internal Medicine (2008)
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), Adult Medical Oncology Certification (2013)

Honors and Awards

Year Name of Honor/Award Awarding Organization
1995 - 1999 Dean’s List with Distinction Duke University
1999 Barry M. Goldwater Undergraduate Science
Scholarship
The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and
Excellence in Education Program
1999 Duke University Faculty Scholar Award,
Honorable Mention
Duke University
1999 Academic Honor Society The Phi Beta Kappa Society
1999 University Graduation with Distinction, Summa
Cum Laude
Duke University
2002 Medical Student Award American Society of Hematology
2003 Best Poster Award ASCI and AAP Joint Meeting
2003 Howard Hughes Medical Student Research
Fellowship
HHMI
2005 James Tolbert Shipley Prize for excellence in
research for MD Honors Thesis
Harvard Medical School
2005 Graduated with MD honors, Magna Cum Laude Harvard Medical School
2009 - 2014 Pediatric Loan Repayment Program Grant National Institutes of Health
2008 Fellow Aspen Cancer Conference
2010 Travel Grant Burroughs Wellcome Fund
2010 Travel Award for Oral Presentation 8th Annual International Society for
Stem Cell Research Meeting
2010 Postdoctoral Fellowship Award American Cancer Society
2011 Poster Award 9th Annual International Society for
Stem Cell Research Meeting
2012 CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research Cancer Prevention and Research
Institute of Texas
2012 Forbeck Scholar Award William Guy Forbeck Foundation
2012 Career Award for Medical Scientists Burroughs Wellcome Fund
2015 Keynote Address to Graduate Student
Organization (elected by students)
UT Southwestern Medical Center
2015 Young Physician-Scientist Award, Best Poster
Award
The American Society for Clinical
Investigation
2016 SU2C Innovative Research Grant SU2C/AACR
2018 -
present
Member, American Society for Clinical
Investigation
The American Society for Clinical
Investigation
2021 -
present
Mark Foundation Emerging Leader Award Mark Foundation

Faculty Academic Appointments

Year(s) Academic Title Department Academic Institution
2011-
2012
Instructor Medicine, Harvard Medical School Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute, Boston
Children’s Hospital
2012-
2018
Assistant
Professor
Children’s Medical Center Research Institute
(Primary appointment), Department of Pediatrics
(Secondary appointment), Department of Internal
Medicine, Divisions of Hematology and Oncology
(Secondary appointment)
UT Southwestern
Medical Center
2018-
present
Assistant
Professor
Kern Wildenthal, M.D., Ph.D. Distinguished
Professorship in Pediatric Research,
Children’s Medical Center Research Institute
(Primary appointment), Department of Pediatrics
(Secondary appointment), Department of Internal
Medicine, Divisions of Hematology and Oncology
(Secondary appointment)
UT Southwestern
Medical Center
2015-
present
Member Genetics, Development and Disease Ph.D. Program UT Southwestern
Graduate School of
Biomedical Sciences
2014-
present
Member Cancer Biology Ph.D. Program UT Southwestern
Graduate School of
Biomedical Sciences
2015-
present
Member Hamon Center for Regenerative Science & Medicine UT Southwestern
Medical Center