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Prof. Wen-Hwa Lee (李文華教授)

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Prof. Wen-Hwa Lee (李文華教授)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Prof. Wen-Hwa Lee
  • Chinese: 李文華教授
  • Era: 1950
  • Geography: Penghu, Taiwan
  • Core roles: scientist, professor, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Accomplishment

  1. Discovered the first human tumor suppressor gene “RB gene”, 1986

Education

  • National Taiwan Normal Univ. (師範大學) — 1972 — B.S., Biology
  • National Taiwan Univ. — 1977 — M.S., Biochemistry
  • Univ. of California, Berkeley — 1981 — Ph.D., Molecular Biology

Employment

  • University of California, San Diego — Assistant Professor & Associate Professor; Professor — (1984-1991) — University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio — Alice P. McDermott Distinguished University Chair and Director — (1991-2003) — University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio — Professor and Chairman, Department of Molecular Medicine — (1996-2003) — University of California, Irvine — Donald Bren Professor of Biomedicine — (2003-2014) — University of California, Irvine — Chancellor & Distinguished Professor — (2014-2019) — Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica — Distinguished Research Fellow — (2013-) — China Medical University — Principal — (2014-)

Timeline

  • 1950 — born in Penghu, Taiwan
  • 1972 — B.S., Biology, National Taiwan Normal Univ. (師範大學)
  • 1977 — M.S., Biochemistry, National Taiwan Univ.
  • 1981 — Ph.D., Molecular Biology, Univ. of California, Berkeley
  • 1984–1991 — Assistant / Associate / Full Professor, University of California, San Diego
  • 1986 — Discovered the first human tumor suppressor gene “RB gene”
  • 1991–2003 — Alice P. McDermott Distinguished University Chair and Director, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; from 1996 also Professor and Chairman, Department of Molecular Medicine
  • 2003–2014 — Donald Bren Professor of Biomedicine, University of California, Irvine
  • 2013– — Distinguished Research Fellow, Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica
  • 2014–2019 — Chancellor & Distinguished Professor, University of California, Irvine; from 2014 also Principal, China Medical University

Vault Holdings

  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-1795-wen-hwa-lee|TAH #1795 Who’s Who]] (published 2017-07-29)

Family

  • Wife: 潘玉華
  • Spouse discrepancy (HOLD): the adjacent TAH encyclopedia entry [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-1796-eva-y-h-p-lee|TAH #1796 — Prof. Eva Y. H. P. Lee 李葉錦蓮]] and her page |Prof. Eva Y. H. P. Lee list Wen-Hwa Lee as husband; this page’s TAH record lists 潘玉華. Two spouse names across parallel TAH records — held unresolved pending owner verification, no merge.

Vault Cross-References

  • Spouse discrepancy (HOLD): |Prof. Eva Y. H. P. Lee lists him as her husband (her TAH #1796 is the adjacent encyclopedia entry to his [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-1795-wen-hwa-lee|#1795]]), while his own TAH record above lists his wife as 潘玉華. Both vault pages kept as-is pending owner verification — no merge applied.

Sources

Vault connections (2026-09-14 deepen pass, context only)

Deepen-x pass 2026-09-14 (slice 09140107-1, vault-only): tah-tables education/employment already absorbed into Timeline above; RB gene discovery (1986) carried from on-page accomplishment field. Links added only to disk-verified vault pages.

Context-of-staff affiliation links only — no documented membership. Spouse discrepancy vs |Prof. Eva Y. H. P. Lee remains on HOLD pending owner verification.

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