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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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# t& I0 a) U5 W. }; WZhixiang 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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' O) g$ r) z" d# THis 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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- W: l3 @0 H% @) P8 k2 K) OThe same victim, a girl under the age of 16, is listed in both cases.
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* O: g! k$ V; P+ c; H# E) O1 C$ DBoth 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.
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- ^* H/ q4 K8 G( [$ n% _& |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.
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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.
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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.3 c# e& }4 D& F" p0 d, B' _
( c# B9 u* k2 i% ]( A8 ^5 \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 $350,000. His research explored how overactivity in certain proteins that play an important role in cell growth can be linked to the development of skin and brain cancers.
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5 ?, _" A8 n' Q% s1 W1 I9 \U of A spokesman Bryan Alary confirmed in an email that both Wang and Chen are university employees currently on leave.4 g# X3 H# D5 P
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The university considers cases where an employee is charged criminally on a case-by-case basis, Alary said.1 |/ C0 Z" W4 X" U
& V# H5 N |1 J“Factors the university would take into account include whether there is a real or perceived connection between the charges and the person’s employment and whether the person’s presence on campus posed a real or perceived danger to the university or members of its community,” he said.6 ~( ~7 ^. `; M: d( U- o! \" a
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Both Chen and Wang made their first appearance in Edmonton court on Feb. 14 and were released on bail.8 p4 P: G) n9 n) n* w+ E
) N, |8 X- _. K9 L- m$ zTheir next court appearance is scheduled for March 13.& ~ [) i- N9 }7 {$ K" p1 {
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