Xiaoying Zhang, Ph.D.

Senior Director, Toxicology

Xiaoying serves as ACEA Pharma’s senior director of toxicology. She has over 15 years of preclinical research experience in rodent models of oncology, as well as other animal models for immunology. Since joining ACEA in 2011, Xiaoying has focused on pre-clinical evaluations of novel therapeutic agents and brought two candidates into clinical development in both the US and China.

Prior to joining ACEA, Xiaoying worked at ChemPartner, a global full-service life science CRO focused on oncology efficacy studies to support drug discovery research for a variety of clients.

Xiaoying earned her Ph.D. from South Dakota State University and is the author of over 20 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals.