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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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- x, _8 `' a( A3 n! R# xZhixiang 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.: ]9 p: P. ^/ d3 |# m$ N/ c7 ?1 }
. d$ A* F; ]% y$ x/ lHis 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.' g9 Z( I( h4 A, P4 Y
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The same victim, a girl under the age of 16, is listed in both cases.
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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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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./ ?$ O8 j. o# x; }" r9 u
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According 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.* B9 X* V6 f* C9 R; b7 x+ m
! Y U% o( z+ x, f! |; g" U; OAt 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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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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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 $350,000. His research explored how overactivity in certain proteins that play an important role in cell growth can be linked to the development of skin and brain cancers.( Q o7 ?# H, T3 X. b
9 E0 S7 R, S, {# u% oU of A spokesman Bryan Alary confirmed in an email that both Wang and Chen are university employees currently on leave." e4 f2 U) ?5 X
" P6 \/ P3 T6 `5 n$ OThe university considers cases where an employee is charged criminally on a case-by-case basis, Alary said.: M+ O5 R1 z$ q9 [- v: c
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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., g3 J0 p2 a3 k& I/ X. W
1 l' N+ o% ?7 P" L4 [4 _9 ?# Q! {, f$ BBoth Chen and Wang made their first appearance in Edmonton court on Feb. 14 and were released on bail.+ m ]9 o# l; b8 x R$ |6 ?
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Their next court appearance is scheduled for March 13.( I, z8 L0 b7 d9 A' D
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