Yuanhang Yang, MD, PhD
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Yuanhang Yang is a Postdoctoral Associate at the Yale Center for Perinatal, Pediatric and Environmental Epidemiology (Yale CPPEE) in the Yale School of Public Health. His research focuses on the safety of medication use during pregnancy and its potential impact on infant health, with a particular interest in pregnant women with autoimmune diseases. He leverages large healthcare databases, including MarketScan, Epic Cosmos, and the Danish National Birth Cohort, to generate real-world evidence on medication safety and support clinical decision-making.
Before joining Yale, Yuanhang earned his PhD in Epidemiology from Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. His doctoral research focused on autoimmune diseases, particularly inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and their associations with adverse kidney outcomes.
Last Updated on July 18, 2026.
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- Postdoctoral Reseacher
- Karolinska Institute (2026)
- PhD
- Karolinska Institute, Epidemiology (2025)
- Marie Curie Research Fellow
- Aarhus University (2021)
- MSc
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Health Policy (2017)
- MD
- Sun Yat-sen University, Preventive Medicine (2016)
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Medical Research Interests
Arthritis, Psoriatic; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Autoimmune Diseases; Axial Spondyloarthritis; Cardiovascular Diseases; Colitis, Ulcerative; Crohn Disease; Health Care Economics and Organizations; Health Services Research; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; Quality of Health Care
Public Health Interests
Epidemiology Methods; Health Economics; Health Policy; Maternal & Child Health; Health Equity, Disparities, Social Determinants and Justice; Pharmacoepidemiology
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0000-0002-0208-344X
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20Publications
322Citations
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Arthritis, Psoriatic
Colitis, Ulcerative
Crohn Disease
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Population-based estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate distributions and associated health outcomes provide opportunities for early identification of and primary prevention of chronic kidney disease
Yang Y, Creon A, Levey A, Faucon A, Caldinelli A, Evans M, Sjölander A, Ortiz A, Fu E, Carrero J. Population-based estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate distributions and associated health outcomes provide opportunities for early identification of and primary prevention of chronic kidney disease. Kidney International 2026, 109: 559-568. PMID: 41543464, DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2025.11.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricRisk of Kidney Failure in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Undergoing Colectomy: A Nationwide Cohort Study
Yang Y, Ludvigsson J, Forss A, Faucon A, Faye A, Olén O, Sjölander A, Carrero J. Risk of Kidney Failure in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Undergoing Colectomy: A Nationwide Cohort Study. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2024, 22: 2291-2298.e17. PMID: 38777172, PMCID: PMC11512676, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2024.05.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricAbsolute and Relative Risks of Kidney and Urological Complications in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Yang Y, Ludvigsson J, Olén O, Sjölander A, Carrero J. Absolute and Relative Risks of Kidney and Urological Complications in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2023, 119: 138-146. PMID: 37566886, DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000002473.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2026
Laboratory Signs of CKD after Preeclampsia
Yo J, Yang Y, Caldinelli A, Grams M, Bramham K, Piccoli G, Carrero J, Oberg A. Laboratory Signs of CKD after Preeclampsia. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2026, 37: 1524-1534. PMID: 41568873, DOI: 10.1681/asn.0000001001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2025
Albuminuria is associated with increased risk of dementia, independent of eGFR: The SCREAM project
Luo L, Gansevoort R, Kieneker L, Yang Y, Bosi A, de Boer R, Franssen C, Eriksdotter M, Carrero J, Xu H. Albuminuria is associated with increased risk of dementia, independent of eGFR: The SCREAM project. Journal Of Internal Medicine 2025, 298: 489-503. PMID: 40985174, PMCID: PMC12522533, DOI: 10.1111/joim.70022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetric
2024
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Yang Y, Carrero J. Reply. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2024, 23: 1271-1272. PMID: 39689771, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2024.12.001.Peer-Reviewed Original Research#876 Albuminuria and the risk of dementia and different dementia subtypes: the Stockholm Creatinine Measurements (SCREAM) project
Luo L, Gansevoort R, Kieneker L, Yang Y, Bosi A, de Boer R, Franssen C, Eriksdotter M, Carrero J, Xu H. #876 Albuminuria and the risk of dementia and different dementia subtypes: the Stockholm Creatinine Measurements (SCREAM) project. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2024, 39: gfae069-0152-876. DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfae069.152.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDOP51 Risk of kidney failure in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease undergoing colectomy: a nationwide cohort study
Yang Y, Ludvigsson J, Forss A, Faucon A, Faye A, Olen O, Sjölander A, Carrero J. DOP51 Risk of kidney failure in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease undergoing colectomy: a nationwide cohort study. Journal Of Crohn's And Colitis 2024, 18: i163-i164. DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjad212.0091.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAn increase in albuminuria is associated with a higher incidence of malignancies
Luo L, Kieneker L, Yang Y, Janse R, Bosi A, de Boer R, Vart P, Carrero J, Gansevoort R. An increase in albuminuria is associated with a higher incidence of malignancies. Clinical Kidney Journal 2024, 17: sfae009. PMID: 38455523, PMCID: PMC10919336, DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfae009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2023
Albuminuria and the risk of cancer: the Stockholm CREAtinine Measurements (SCREAM) project
Luo L, Yang Y, Kieneker L, Janse R, Bosi A, Mazhar F, de Boer R, de Bock G, Gansevoort R, Carrero J. Albuminuria and the risk of cancer: the Stockholm CREAtinine Measurements (SCREAM) project. Clinical Kidney Journal 2023, 16: 2437-2446. PMID: 38046028, PMCID: PMC10689191, DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfad145.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitations
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