Yung-Chi Cheng, PhD
Henry Bronson Professor of PharmacologyCards
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Henry Bronson Professor of Pharmacology
Chairman, Consortium for the Globalization of Chinese Medicine (CGCM)
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The Cheng laboratory studies and develops novel anti-cancer and anti-viral drugs.
Areas of anti-cancer research include: hepatocellular carcinoma, pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, rectal cancer, lung cancer, and melanoma.
Areas of anti-viral research include: hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Epstein Barr Virus (EBV), and cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Currently the lab is exploring systems biology approaches to developing multi-targeted medicines to treat cancer and other aging-related diseases.
Last Updated on November 04, 2025.
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Pharmacology
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- Biochemistry, Quantitative Biology, Biophysics and Structural Biology (BQBS)
- Developmental Therapeutics
- Liver Center
- Microbiology
- Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
- Pharmacology
- Primary Faculty
- Virology Laboratories
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale Stem Cell Center
- Yale Ventures
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- PhD
- Brown University (1972)
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Pharmacology
PO Box 208066, 333 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT 06520-8066
United States