Kenneth Tat-Chiu Cheng

Background

Cheng, Kenneth Tat-Chiu was born on February 24, 1954 in Hong Kong. Came to the United States, 1972. Son of Shiu Fun and Alice Shiu-Wing (Leung) Cheng.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1985.

Career

Resident in hospital pharmacy University Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, 1978-1979. Research/teaching assistant Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1980-1984. Research fellow Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1984-1985.

Associate professor University New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1985-1988. Director nuclear pharmacy and radiology research, associate professor Medical University South Carolina, Charleston, since 1988, associate professor, since 1992, tenured associate professor, since 1995. Board directors American Board of Science in Nuclear Medicine, National Association Nuclear Pharmacicies.

Chairman American Public Health Association APPM, Nuclear Pharmaceutical Practice, 1999-2000.

Achievements

• Kenneth Tat-Chiu Cheng has been listed as a noteworthy pharmacy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Pharmaceutical Association (merit award 2003). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Nuclear Medicine, American Society Hospital Pharmacists, American Chemical Society, Society Magnetic Resonance Imaging, International Association Radiopharmacology, Health Physics Society, Sigma Xi, Rho Chi, Eta Sigma Gamma.

Interests

• Music, fishing, swimming.

Connections

Married Ying Hsu, August 11, 1984. Children: Jonathan Yee-Hang, Hannah Yee-Shing.

Father:

Shiu Fun Cheng

Mother:

Alice Shiu-Wing (Leung) Cheng

Spouse:

Ying Hsu

child:

Hannah Yee-Shing Cheng

child:

Jonathan Yee-Hang Cheng