Xiaoyong Yang, PhD
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Biography
Dr. Xiaoyong Yang is an Associate Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Cellular & Molecular Physiology at Yale University School of Medicine. He received B.S. from Nankai University, M.S. from Peking University, and Ph.D. from University of Alabama at Birmingham with Dr. Jeffrey Kudlow. He completed his postdoctoral training with Dr. Ronald Evans at The Salk Institute. Dr. Yang has published in Nature, Cell, Cell Metabolism, Molecular Cell, Genes & Development, PNAS, etc., and been frequently invited to speak at national and international conferences and academic institutions. Dr. Yang serves on scientific review panels for the NIDDK, NIGMS, NASA, American Diabetes Association, American Cancer Society, The Medical Research Council, The Wellcome Trust, National Natural Science Foundation of China, etc. Research in his laboratory is supported by The National Institutes of Health, The State of Connecticut, American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society and Ellison Medical Foundation.
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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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 |
New Scholar Award | Ellison Medical Foundation | 2011 |
Junior Faculty Award | American Diabetes Association | 2010 |
Departments & Organizations
- Cancer Signaling Networks
- Cellular & Molecular Physiology
- Comparative Medicine
- Diabetes Research Center
- Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
- Integrative Cell Signaling & Neurobiology of Metabolism (ICSNM)
- Liver Center
- Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development
- Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
- Office of Cooperative Research
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale University