Key facts
- Wan Fengyi, a prize-winning cancer scientist from Johns Hopkins University, has joined Zhejiang University.
- Wan's research suggests a stomach bug may increase the risk of colon cancer.
Wan Fengyi, a scientist known for award-winning work suggesting a link between stomach bugs and colon cancer risk, has moved to China full-time. He has joined Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, taking up a chair professorship at a national laboratory. Wan was previously a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His move follows that of other prominent scientists to Chinese institutions, including Wu Jun and Zhong Sheng who joined the private Westlake University.