Faculty

Robert Chiu, Ph.D.

Robert Chiu

Robert H. Chiu, Ph.D. is a professor in the Section of Oral Biology in the Division of Oral Biology and Medicine at the UCLA School of Dentistry.

Contact Information

UCLA School of Dentistry
73-016 CHS
10833 Le Conte Avenue 
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1668

Phone: (310) 825-0535 
rchiu@dentistry.ucla.edu

Educational and Professional Background

  • 1967 B.S., Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan (Pharmacy)
  • 1976 M.S., University of California, Riverside (Biochemistry)
  • 1983 Ph.D., University of Southern California, Los Angeles (Molecular Biology)
  • 1996 Postdoc., University of Southern California, Los Angeles (Microbiology)

Teaching Activities

  • Fundamentals of Pharmacology and Dental Therapeutics, Course Chair
  • Advanced Oral Biology - Pathobiology, Course Chair

Research/Creative Activities/Honors

  • The role of cyclophilin-A (CypA) in cancer pathogenesis
  • RNA-based approaches to the treatment of glioblastomas
  • Role of hypoxia response in tumor progression

Professional Memberships and Activities

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
  • American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

Recent Publications

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