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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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; F! Y0 R5 D" f7 b1 cZhixiang 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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6 J# t* q6 Q& t3 WHis 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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The same victim, a girl under the age of 16, is listed in both cases.3 A; \7 e/ j: O z
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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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/ ^# J3 a A3 t( @Wang, 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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# {7 r" b% X0 [5 E& K* gAccording 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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( D) N3 n; L0 y( e, D+ rAt 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.
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! n5 A! r N; K" x7 nHe 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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1 A) E) {! z$ W, n7 w; @Wang’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 $350,000. His research explored how overactivity in certain proteins that play an important role in cell growth can be linked to the development of skin and brain cancers.& J _6 s" k1 M; {9 [- k; P
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U of A spokesman Bryan Alary confirmed in an email that both Wang and Chen are university employees currently on leave./ [0 F/ Q1 r! g" p- E. M; r% n
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The university considers cases where an employee is charged criminally on a case-by-case basis, Alary said.3 X2 N- p1 J0 z
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“Factors the university would take into account include whether there is a real or perceived connection between the charges and the person’s employment and whether the person’s presence on campus posed a real or perceived danger to the university or members of its community,” he said.$ k; K% Z7 O) y" L! ]/ h8 R
. M9 k5 p/ C% SBoth Chen and Wang made their first appearance in Edmonton court on Feb. 14 and were released on bail./ q9 O, _. x6 {7 M: a/ M# }
% F) F" e+ `- t' zTheir next court appearance is scheduled for March 13.( c7 b `% ^! ^
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