Professor Hua Wang

Why I'm Motivated to be a CI MED Faculty Member:

I am committed to developing new technologies and improved therapies for treating cancer and other diseases. We hope the immunotherapy platforms developed in my laboratory can eventually be translated to the clinic to benefit millions of patients.

Carle Illinois College of Medicine Related Research

Professor Wang's laboratory aims to understand how cells can be manipulated and engineered to facilitate targeted delivery of therapeutics and regulate intercellular interactions, in order to improve and innovate therapies for cancers, injured tissues, autoimmune disorders, and other diseases. In one path toward this goal, we utilize chemistry, chemical biology, and synthetic biology tools to modify or engineer cells for subsequent tracking and targeted modulation in vivo. In another path, we develop biomaterials that can home and manipulate immune cells in vivo, and apply them to the development of cancer vaccines, cell therapies, and medical devices. New molecules, polymers, and biomaterials that can serve as diagnostics, therapeutics, and medical supplies/devices are also of our interest.