Louise Wang, MD, MSCE
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Dr. Wang is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Section of Digestive Diseases at Yale School of Medicine and Staff Gastroenterologist at the VA Connecticut Healthcare system. Her research program is centered on early detection of pancreatic cancer. Dr. Wang’s overarching goal is to improve on traditional cancer risk prediction by integrating classic epidemiological approaches with human genetics and genomics. Her research focuses on the development and validation of large cohort populations from multiple electronic health record databases linked with biorepositories, identification of high-risk individuals for pancreatic cancer, and discovery of the genetic diversity of pancreatic cancer across multi-ancestry populations.
She is currently funded through a 5-year Veterans Affairs Career Development Award -2. Her work has been recognized with the Frank Brooks Research Award, Stanley Bradley Award for Clinical Research , and the American Gastroenterological Association Student Abstract of the Year.
Education & Training
- MSCEUniversity of Pennsylvania
- MDStanford School of Medicine
- BAUniversity of Pennsylvania
- Internal Medicine ResidencyHospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Gastroenterology FellowshipHospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Frank Brooks Award for Research | Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania | 2022 |
Academic Skills Workshop Travel Grant | American Gastroenterological Association | 2022 |
Advanced Gene Mapping Course Fellowship | Rockefeller Institute, National Human Genome Research Institute | 2022 |
AGA Student Abstract of the Year | American Gastroenterological Association | 2018 |
Stanley Bradley Award for Clinical Research | Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania | 2018 |
American College of Medical Quality Scholar | 2015 | |
MacKenzie Foundation Scholarship | 2014, 2015 | |
Medical Scholars Research Grant | Stanford School of Medicine | 2014, 2015 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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VA Oncology Clinical Pathways Development Team, VA National Oncology Office | Member | 2023 - Present |
Yale Pancreatic Cancer Steering Committee | Member | 2023 - Present |
Departments & Organizations
- Cancer Prevention and Control
- Digestive Diseases
- Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancer Prevention Program
- Internal Medicine
- Janeway Society
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Medicine