Xiaoyong Yang, PhD
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Biography
Dr. Xiaoyong Yang is a professor in the Department of Comparative Medicine and Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology at Yale University School of Medicine and a member of Yale Cancer Center, Yale Center for Molecular and Systems Metabolism, Yale Diabetes Research Center, and Yale Liver Center. Dr. Yang received B.S. from Nankai University, M.S. from Peking University, and Ph.D. from University of Alabama at Birmingham. He completed his postdoctoral training with Dr. Ronald Evans at The Salk Institute. Dr. Yang works at the intersection of diabetes, obesity, and cancer. He has made pioneering contributions to deciphering biological information encoded in protein modifications. Dr. Yang has published highly cited articles in scientific journals such as Nature, Cell, and Cell Metabolism, and has been featured in public media outlets such as TIME, Daily Mail, NPR, and Scientific American. Dr. Yang is an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a Croucher Visiting Fellow at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He served as president of the Chinese American Diabetes Association and vice president of the Sino-American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association. He has been elected to The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering.
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral FellowThe Salk Institute (2008)
- PhDUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham (2001)
- MSPeking University (1996)
- BSNankai University (1993)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Elected Member | The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering | 2024 |
Adjunct Professor | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | 2023 |
Visiting Professor | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | 2022 |
Innovative Basic Science Award | American Diabetes Association | 2019 |
Croucher Visiting Fellow | The Croucher Foundation | 2016 |
Young Investigator Award | Singapore Symposium on Metabolic Diseases | 2015 |
Research Scholar Award | American Cancer Society | 2015 |
Biomedical Research Award | The State of Connecticut | 2014 |
New Scholar Award | Ellison Medical Foundation | 2011 |
Junior Faculty Award | American Diabetes Association | 2010 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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Journal of Endocrinology | Senior Editor | 2022 - Present |
Journal of Molecular Endocrinology | Senior Editor | 2022 - Present |
Life Metabolism | Editorial Board | 2021 - Present |
The Chinese American Diabetes Association | President | 2021 - 2022 |
The National Institutes of Health | Permanent Member, Pathophysiology of Obesity and Metabolic Disease (POMD) Study Section | 2021 - Present |
The Sino-American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association | Vice President | 2020 - 2021 |
Frontiers in Aging | Associate Editor | 2020 - Present |
Journal of Biological Chemistry | Editorial Board | 2017 - Present |
Frontiers in Endocrinology | Associate Editor | 2015 - Present |
Departments & Organizations
- Cancer Signaling Networks
- Cellular & Molecular Physiology
- Comparative Medicine
- Diabetes Research Center
- Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
- Liver Center
- Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development
- Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Center for Molecular and Systems Metabolism (YMSM)
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale Ventures