Yona Lei

Yona is an MD-PhD student pursuing graduate training in the Department of Immunobiology. She graduated summa cum laude from Syracuse University in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and a minor in Philosophy. Prior to joining Yale, Yona completed two years of research at NIAID as part of the NIH Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Awards Program. Interested in integrating experimental and computational approaches to investigate the role of the immune system in human health and disease, Yona is currently conducting her thesis research in the laboratory of Dr. John Tsang.