Mei-Ling Yang, PhD

Dr. Mei-Ling Yang is Associate Research Scientist for Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology at Yale University School of Medicine. She obtained her PhD degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at National Taiwan University at 2002 and then joined the laboratory of Dr. Mark Mamula for her postdoctoral training. She studied the role of protein modifications in lupus autoimmunity under Arthritis Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship. Dr. Yang became part of the faculty in 2008 and current research focus is to understand how inflammation and posttranslational modifications evoke autoimmune responses in type 1 diabetes and systemic lupus erythematosus.