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Yong Zhu, PhD

Associate Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology
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Track Director, Environmental Health Sciences, Executive MPH

Assistant Director, Global Epidemiology

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Environmental Health Sciences

PO Box 208034, 60 College Street

New Haven, CT 06520-8034

United States

About

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Associate Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology

Track Director, Environmental Health Sciences, Executive MPH; Assistant Director, Global Epidemiology

Biography

Dr. Yong Zhu is an Associate Professor at Yale University School of Public Health and Assistant Director of Yale Cancer Center for Global Cancer Epidemiology. Dr. Zhu's research interests are oriented towards the use of the molecular epidemiological approach in the study of genetic susceptibility biomarkers and their interactions with environmental exposures in human disease development. Dr. Zhu has been developing and validating novel phenotypic and genotypic assays and biomarkers for several cancer types, including non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, breast, bladder, lung and prostate cancer. By utilizing various techniques in genetics, epigenetics, cytogenetics, cell biology, and computational biology, his studies have identified biomarkers that can characterize inherited predisposition and cellular response to environmental factors. Current research focuses on studying the role of two transcriptional factors, circadian genes and small noncoding RNAs, in tumorigenesis.

Appointments

Education & Training

Postdoctoral Fellow
MD Anderson Cancer Center (2002)
PhD
Rice University (2000)
MA
Rice University (1998)

Research

Overview

  • Molecular Epidemiology of Circadian Genes and Human Cancers
  • Molecular Epidemiology of Methylation-related Genes and Human Cancers
  • Molecular Epidemiology of Micro-RNA and Human Cancers

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Breast Neoplasms; Environmental Health; Genetics, Medical; Molecular Epidemiology; Public Health; Testicular Neoplasms

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Yong Zhu's published research.

Publications

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Environmental Health Sciences

PO Box 208034, 60 College Street

New Haven, CT 06520-8034

United States

Locations

  • 60 College Street

    Academic Office

    Ste 702

    New Haven, CT 06510