Expertise

Research  

  1. Interferon inducible gene regulation
  2. Establishment of lung cancer animal models
  3. Lung cancer biomarker identification
  4. Functional roles of myeloid-suppressive cells in tumor immunology
  5. Lung biology

Dr. Yan's research interests include: 1) Lipid metabolic reprogramming in cancer immunotherapy and checkpoint inhibition 2) Functional roles of myeloid-suppressive cells in tumor immunology 3) Functional roles of endothelial cells in tumorigenesis 4) Establishment of cancer animal models and patient-derived xenograft models 5) Lung cancer biomarker identification.

Past Affiliations

Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary Biology, Section of Neonatology, Perinatal and Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (past)

Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, University of Cincinnati (past)

Communities
Oncology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Degrees
PhD, City University of New York, Biochemistry, 1987
MSC, City University of New York, 1985
BSC, Wuhan University, Virology, 1982