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A prominent University of Alberta researcher and his wife are facing charges related to the alleged sexual assault and confinement of a minor, the Journal has learned.
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+ j- D8 D+ b5 h; M% |; @Zhixiang Wang, 51, is facing one count of sexual assault and one count of sexual contact with a child for offences allegedly carried out between Nov. 2009 and May 31, 2010, court records show.
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His wife, Xinmei Chen, 49, is charged with one count of unlawful confinement of a child between May 31, 2010 and Jan. 29, 2013, the records show.
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% }% ]' J4 q+ ]8 P2 D; FThe same victim, a girl under the age of 16, is listed in both cases.2 j b, |& J$ i- F
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Both were arrested at Edmonton police headquarters and charged on Feb. 14, police spokesman Scott Pattison said in an email. There are no other potential victims, he added.
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3 s& N8 D) ?& V! p0 n9 uWang, an associate professor in the university’s department of medical genetics, was named a senior heritage scholar in 2000 by the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research.
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# F- {- l& n. g1 L( I( p3 r& a# d, fAccording to an article about Wang in the foundation’s fall 2003 issue, Wang joined the U of A in 1999. He had been studying cell biology of locusts, but according to the article, made the switch to medical-related research in 1994 while pursuing post-doctoral research at the University of Toronto.
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% J0 }7 i2 H- ^At the time, the article says, Wang’s research focused on a protein found in most body fluids that, in high levels, can lead to the development of breast cancer.# `* p; p. V" Z1 U1 r2 {
0 x s4 d! V9 M2 w' ^He has numerous academic publications to his name, including several authored with Chen, who is listed on the U of A website as a technician working in Wang’s lab.
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+ _# U% d6 M$ l9 A: yWang’s cancer research is considered among the most promising in Canada. In 2005, he was awarded a grant from the Canadian Cancer Society worth more than $350,000. His research explored how overactivity in certain proteins that play an important role in cell growth can be linked to the development of skin and brain cancers.
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U of A spokesman Bryan Alary confirmed in an email that both Wang and Chen are university employees currently on leave.. P7 {/ i1 S9 C" k1 V( R
) ^. c f! L% `The university considers cases where an employee is charged criminally on a case-by-case basis, Alary said.
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- n( E6 @; B/ U' \“Factors the university would take into account include whether there is a real or perceived connection between the charges and the person’s employment and whether the person’s presence on campus posed a real or perceived danger to the university or members of its community,” he said.7 ]6 f; _8 n. I
j; V/ |: f/ k: O4 GBoth Chen and Wang made their first appearance in Edmonton court on Feb. 14 and were released on bail.
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* m @0 S7 y- [' Z4 x) i; q. `Their next court appearance is scheduled for March 13.
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