Yajaira Suarez, PhD
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Biography
Yajaira studied Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University Autonoma of Madrid (1995). She did her PhD with Miguel Angel Lasuncion at the Hospital Ramón y Cajal and the University Autonoma de Madrid (Spain) (1996-2001). Yajaira also did two post-docs. The first one with Alberto Muñoz at the Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas "Alberto Sols" and the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Spain) (2002-2005) and the second one with Jordan Pober and Bill Sessa at Yale University School of Medicine (2005-2009). In 2009, she was recruited as Research Assistant Professor in the Division of Cardiology at New York University School of Medicine and then promoted to Assistant Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology in 2010. Yajaira is currently an Assistant Professor of Comparative Medicine and Pathology at Yale University School of Medicine (2013- ).
Education & Training
- PhDUniversidad Autonoma, Madrid, Spain (2001)
- BSUniversidad Autonoma, Madrid, Spain (1995)
- Post. Doc.Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- Post. Doc.Yale University School of Medicine
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization |
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Werner Risau New Investigator Award in Vascular Biology | American Heart Association- Journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. |
Fellowship-Grant Award, CNIC P3+3 programme for Post-doctoral Careers in Biomedicine. | Fundación Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III, Spain |
Kingsley Award in Medical Research |
Departments & Organizations
- Cancer Signaling Networks
- Center for RNA Science and Medicine
- Comparative Medicine
- Diabetes Research Center
- Experimental Pathology Graduate Program
- Integrative Cell Signaling & Neurobiology of Metabolism (ICSNM)
- Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
- Obesity Research Working Group
- Office of Cooperative Research
- Pathology
- Pathology Research
- Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale University