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Haian Fu, PhD

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Biography

Haian Fu, PhD, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Fu also serves as the director of the Emory Chemical Biology Discovery Center and co-leader of the Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. Fu earned his PhD in biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wisconsin. He completed a fellowship in microbiology and molecular genetics at Harvard Medical School.

Titles & Roles

  • Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology
    Emory University School of Medicine
  • Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
    Emory University School of Medicine
  • Co-Leader, Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics Program
    Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
  • Director, Emory Chemical Biology Discovery Center
    Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
  • Associate Dean for Therapeutic Discovery and Development
    Emory University School of Medicine
  • Winship Partner in Research Endowed Chair
    Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University

Professional Memberships

Dr. Fu serves on two national steering committees in the US, the National Cancer Institute's Chemical Biology Consortium Steering Committee (since 2009) and the NCI Cancer Target Discovery and Development Network Steering Committee (since 2012). Dr. Fu served as the President of the International Chemical Biology Society (2012-2013).

Research

Dr. Fu's research focuses on protein-protein interactions in signal transduction, targeting these interactions for drug discovery and collaborating with physician scientists to translate such bench research to clinical applications.

Grants

Publications

Beside publishing original research in prestigious journals, Dr. Fu edited the widely-circulated books on Protein-Protein Interactions (2004) and Chemical Genomics (2012) and serves as associate editor for Molecular Pharmacology. He served on various national and international review panels, including NIH study sections, the NIH site visit team for NCI laboratories.

Awards

Dr. Fu's recent awards include:
  • Susan Band Horwitz Award Lecture in Cancer Pharmacology, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 2025
  • Elected American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Fellow (ASPET), 2024
  • Emory University Millipub Club (inaugural member; >1,000 citations for a single publication), 2009, 2017
  • Elected American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow (AAAS), 2014
  • One in One Hundred Mentor Award for being an outstanding postdoctoral fellow mentor, Emory Office of Postdoctoral Education, 2011
  • Co-founder & Board of Directors, International Chemical Biology Society, 2010
  • External Advisory Board, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, P01 drug discovery program project, 2010
  • Georgia Cancer Coalition (GCC) Distinguished Cancer Scholar, 2007-2011
  • Emory University Faculty Distinction Fund Award, 2006-2009
  • Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Investigator Award, 2006-2011
  • Emory Pharmacology Teaching Excellence Award, 2006
  • Elected member of the Council of Gordon Research Conferences, 2004-2006
  • Co-founder and inaugural Chair, Gordon Research Conference on "The Biology of 14-3-3 Proteins", Ventura, California, 2004