Dr. Weikuan Gu, PhD, obtained his PhD from Cornell University. He is tenured and a full Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering. He is the Director of translational research in the department and the director of the DNA Discovery Core of the UTHSC Center of Genomics and Bioinformatics. Dr. Gu has a joint appointment in the Department of Pharmaceutics Sciences in the College of Pharmacy. He has published more than 140 peer reviewed full publications, more than 100 abstracts/ presentations/invited lectures, and 10 book chapters. He edited a book named “Gene Discovery for Disease Models”, which was published in early 2011. He also holds a patent for the identification of suitable patients for orally induced tolerance to arthritis and scleroderma. He served as a member of the editorial board for the Case report (during 2008 and 2010), Chinese Journal of Endemiology, Annals of Musculoskeletal Disorders, and the Journal of Personalized Medicine. He serves as a reviewer for 21 medical science journals. He has coordinated many collaborative international education and research activities. He has trained and/or coordinated the training of more than 100 people, including post-doctoral researchers, graduate students, summer students, and visiting scientists.