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Phillip C. Yang, MD
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Yang is a physician-scientist whose research interest focuses on clinical translation of the fundamental molecular and cellular processes of myocardial restoration. His research employs novel in vivo multi-modality molecular and cellular imaging technology to translate the basic innovation in cardiovascular pluripotent stem cell biologics. Dr. Yang is currently a PI on the NIH/NHLBI funded CCTRN UM1 grant, which is designed to conduct multi-center clinical trial on novel biological therapy.
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Seema Yasmin
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioSeema Yasmin is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, poet, medical doctor and author. Yasmin served as an officer in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention where she investigated disease outbreaks and was principal investigator on a number of CDC studies. Yasmin trained in journalism at the University of Toronto and in medicine at the University of Cambridge.
Yasmin was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news in 2017 with a team from The Dallas Morning News for coverage of a mass shooting, and recipient of an Emmy award for her reporting on neglected tropical diseases and their impact on resource poor communities in the U.S. She received multiple grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting for coverage of gender based violence in India and the aftermath of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. In 2017, Yasmin was a John S. Knight Fellow in Journalism at Stanford University investigating the spread of health misinformation and disinformation during public health crises. Previously she was a science correspondent at The Dallas Morning News, medical analyst for CNN, and professor of public health at the University of Texas at Dallas. She teaches crisis management and crisis communication at the UCLA Anderson School of Management as a Visiting Assistant Professor.
She is the author of ten non-fiction, fiction, poetry and childrens books, including: Can Scientists Succeed Where Politicians Fail? (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025) which was co-authored with Nobel laureate Dr. Peter Agre; What the Fact?! Finding the Truth in All the Noise (Simon and Schuster, 2022); Viral BS: Medical Myths and Why We Fall For Them (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021); Muslim Women Are Everything: Stereotype-Shattering Stories of Courage, Inspiration and Adventure (HarperCollins, 2020); If God Is A Virus: Poems (Haymarket, 2021); Unbecoming: A Novel (Simon and Schuster, 2024); Djinnology: An Illuminated Compendium of Spirits and Stories from the Muslim World (Chronicle, 2024); and The ABCs of Queer History (Workman Books, 2024). Her writing appears in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, WIRED, Scientific American and other outlets.
Yasmin’s unique expertise in epidemics and communications has been called upon by the Vatican, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, the Aspen Institute, the Skoll Foundation, the Biden White House, and others. She teaches a new paradigm for trust-building and evidence-based communication to leadership at the World Health Organization and CDC. In 2019, she was the inaugural director of the Stanford Health Communication Initiative.
Her scholarly work focuses on the spread of scientific misinformation and disinformation, information equity, and the varied susceptibilities of different populations to false information about health and science. In 2020, she received a fellowship from the Emerson Collective for her work on inequitable access to health information. She teaches multimedia storytelling to medical students in the REACH program. -
Emmanuelle Yecies, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
BioDr. Emmanuelle Yecies is a board-certified internal medicine doctor at Stanford Health Care, with fellowship training in women’s health and medical education. She is also a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care and Population Health at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dr. Yecies practices comprehensive primary care and preventive care. Her additional training in women’s health equips her with the skills to manage complex, gender-specific health needs throughout the lifespan, including hormone management, reproductive health care, and chronic disease management. She provides comprehensive, trauma-informed care that’s personalized to each of her patients.
Dr. Yecies’ research interests include preventive care and comprehensive chronic disease management for women in different reproductive stages of life, from menstruation through menopause. As a clinician educator, she has developed numerous educational materials for trainees and faculty. She is a frequent lecturer on issues affecting women’s health, both locally and nationally.
Dr. Yecies has published her work in peer-reviewed journals, such as Journal of General Internal Medicine, Seminars in Reproductive Medicine, Southern Medical Journal, and BMJ Open. She has authored chapters in medical textbooks and has also presented at national and regional meetings, including annual meetings of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) and the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM).
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Gwen Yeo
Sr Research Scholar, Medicine - Family & Community Medicine
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsEthnicity and Dementia
Ethnogeriatric Education
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Alan Yeung, MD
Li Ka Shing Professor in Cardiology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsCoronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in men and women in the United States. Our group is interested in studying both the early and late phases of atherosclerosis so that we can better develop prevention and treatment strategies.
