She received both MD and PhD from Zhejiang University, China. Dr. Shao completed postdoctoral training in Epidemiology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and ABMG fellowship in Clinical Cytogenetics at Baylor College of Medicine. She was awarded a development grant from The University of Texas SPORE in Lung Cancer. Dr. Shao joined faculty at the University of Michigan in 2009 and now serves as the Director of Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory. She is board certified in Clinical Cytogenetics and is a fellow of American College of Medical Genetics (FACMG). Dr. Shao is also an active member of American College of Medical Genetics, Association for Molecular Pathology and Cancer Cytogenomic Microarray Consortium.