Dr. Ding received his PhD degree in molecular and cellular pathology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. After completing his postdoctoral fellowship training in the UAB Department of Pathology, Dr. Ding joined the UAB Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care medicine at the rank of Assistant Professor. Dr. Ding is actively involved in education and service for the medical community. He holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology (CDIB), is a member of the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC), and is a faculty member of the Graduate Biomedical Science PhD program at UAB. Academic & Research Interests