Dr. Wu received an M.D. in 1982 and M.S. in 1986 from Qingdao Medical College, P.R. China. She completed residency training at Qingdao Medical College from 1983-1988, and a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Pathology at Johns Hopkins University (1997-1998). She served as Assistant Professor from 1988-1992 and Associate Professor from 1993-1997 in the Department of Pathology in Qingdao Medical College. During the period 1992-1993, she was a Visiting Scientist in the Department of Pathology at the University of Cambridge (England).
Dr. Wu joined the research laboratory of Kathleen R. Cho, M.D. as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 1998, was appointed Research Investigator in 2002 and Research Assistant Professor in 2009.