Dr. Tao Che - 2025

Dr. Tao Che Center for Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University in St. Louis, MO (USA) Dr. Tao Che obtained his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Science at Wuhan University in China between 2003 and 2010. He then pursued his Ph.D. under the mentorship of Dr. Paul Carey in Biochemistry at Case Western Reserve University from 2010 to 2014. Following this, Dr. Che conducted postdoctoral training in Dr. Bryan Roth’s laboratory within the Department of Pharmacology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill from 2015 to 2020. In March 2020, Dr. Che established his own laboratory in the Center for Clinical Pharmacology within the Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University in St. Louis. His research integrates structural and pharmacological methodologies to elucidate the molecular mechanisms governing opioid receptor signaling. The ultimate goal of his research is to dissect these mechanisms and explore their correlations with specific in vivo behavioral responses, paving the road for designing new generation of opioids