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Shin Yajima
Postdoctoral Scholar, Cardiothoracic Surgery
BioI am a board-certified attending cardiothoracic surgeon in Japan. Throughout my clinical experience and research, I found that insufficient myocardial blood flow had little impact on myocardial functional recovery since percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) could approach and supply blood flow to the superficial large coronary arteries, but not to intramyocardial microvascular arteries, particularly where microvasculature was either scarce or absent. In addition, myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) adversely affected cardiac functional recovery in ischemic hearts, including transplanted hearts. Therefore, I have a keen interest in addressing myocardial microvascular dysfunction and myocardial I/R injury in research.
During my Ph.D. in cardiovascular surgery, I focused on a prostacyclin analog that has thromboxane A2 synthase inhibitory activity and can promote angiogenesis and restore myocardial blood flow through proangiogenic and vasodilatory effects. I applied a microform of this compound in the porcine ischemia cardiomyopathy model with a direct epicardial placement, elucidating promoted myocardial angiogenesis, leading to myocardial function recovery. Then, I developed nanoparticles (NPs) that incorporated this compound which I subsequently applied to a rat ischemia myocardial reperfusion model with intravenous injection to elucidate attenuated myocardial I/R injury with selective accumulation in the ischemic myocardium, better-preserved capillary networks, a better-preserved myocardial blood flow, and a smaller infarct size. Furthermore, I have worked on tissue engineering for myocardial regeneration using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells. With human iPSCs-derived cardiomyocyte sheets of direct implantation on the ischemic myocardial tissue, we elucidated myocardial regeneration through thickened myocardial tissue, proangiogenic effects, improved cardiac performance, and attenuated left ventricular remodeling in both small and large animals. These works have already been published (below are representative), and I gained several academic awards and research grants (ongoing research support; Japan Heart Foundation/Bayer Research Grant Abroad, 01/01/2022 - 12/31/2022).
My career goal is to become a leader in academic cardiovascular surgery. During my postdoctoral fellowship, I plan to develop novel therapeutic methods to obtain better outcomes for ischemic heart disease in which there is room for improvement through engineering analysis and the creation of innovative solutions. I am extremely excited to start on the proposed project, as it perfectly intertwines my bioengineering background and clinical interests. As such, the School of Medicine Dean's Postdoctoral Fellowship will be invaluable to my development as a young investigator. Dr. Woo is an exceptional mentor with remarkable renown for training academic surgeons and Stanford University provides incredible resources for research. I feel extremely fortunate to have such an ideal environment to carry out this project and continue advancing the field of cardiothoracic surgery through bioengineering. -
Fan Yang
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and of Bioengineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsOur research seeks to understand how microenvironmental cues regulate stem cell fate, and to develop novel biomaterials and stem cell-based therapeutics for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Our work spans from fundamental science, technology development, to translational research.We are particularly interested in developing better therapies for treating musculoskeletal diseases, cardiovascular diseases and cancer.
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Fan Yang
Postdoctoral Scholar, Pathology
BioFan Yang has a broad background in Computational Biology, Genomics, Oncology, Immunology, and their intersections. She did her Ph.D. at the University of Toronto and participated in several inspiring and cutting-edge projects focusing on assessing the functionality and immunogenicity of human genomic variants both experimentally and computationally. She joined the Boyd lab at Stanford for her postdoctoral work to study the B cell and T cell repertoires in human infectious diseases and vaccine responses.
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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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Samuel Yang, MD, FACEP
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Yang's research is focused on bridging the translational gap at the interface of molecular biology, genome science, engineering, and acute care medicine. The investigative interest of the Yang lab falls within the general theme of developing integrative systems-level approaches for precision diagnostics, as well as data driven knowledge discoveries, to improve the health outcome and our understanding of complex critical illnesses. Using sepsis and COVID-19 as the disease models with complex host-pathogen dynamics, the goals of the Yang lab are divided into 2 areas:
1) Developing high-content, near-patient, diagnostic system for rapid broad pathogen detection and characterization.
2) Integrating multi-omics molecular and phenotypic data layers with novel computational approaches into advanced diagnostics and predictive analytics for acute infections. -
Yanmin Yang
Associate Professor of Neurology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsElucidate biological functions of cytoskeletal associated proteins in neurons. Define the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration in null mice.
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Yunzhi Peter Yang
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and, by courtesy, of Materials Science and Engineering and of Bioengineering
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsYangÂ’ lab's research interests are in the areas of bio-inspired biomaterials, medical devices, and 3D printing approaches for re-creating a suitable microenvironment for cell growth and tissue regeneration for musculoskeletal disease diagnosis and treatment, including multiple tissue healing such as rotator cuff injury, orthopedic diseases such as osteoporosis and osteonecrosis, and orthopedic traumas such as massive bone and muscle injuries.
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Zijian Yang
Postdoctoral Scholar, Radiology
BioI have long term interest in combining advanced science and technology to provide next generation healthcare system.
To reach that goal, I have developed machine learning based diagnosis model on the software end, which is combined with my hardware end work including wearable/flexible electronics and microelectronic/microfludic platforms. -
Caely Hambro Yanikoglu
Clinical Assistant Professor, Dermatology
BioDr. Caely Yanikoglu is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Stanford. Dr. Yanikoglu received her Bachelor of Science degree with distinction from the University of Michigan. She received her medical degree from Columbia University in New York, where she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. She completed her residency in dermatology at Stanford University Medical Center and served as chief resident in her final year. Dr. Yanikoglu’s clinical interest is general medical dermatology, including skin cancer, acne, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, and dermatologic surgery.
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Jeffrey Yao, MD
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Current Research and Scholarly Interests1. Minimally invasive and arthroscopic treatment alternatives for common hand and wrist disorders
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Angelica Yasawadi, PA-C
Casual - Non-Exempt, Physician Assistant Studies
BioAngelica Yasawadi, PA-C is an advanced practice provider who specializes in Neurocritical Care. She completed her APP degree Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies at Stanford University School of Medicine.
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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 and recipient of an Emmy for her reporting on neglected diseases. She received two grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. In 2017, Yasmin was a John S. Knight Fellow in Journalism at Stanford University investigating the spread of health misinformation and disinformation during epidemics. 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.
Her writing has earned awards and residencies from the Mid Atlantic Arts Council, Hedgebrook, the Millay Colony for the Arts and others. Her first book, The Impatient Dr. Lange (Johns Hopkins University Press, July 2018) is the biography of an AIDS doctor killed on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. Her second book, Debunked! Pseudoscience, Medical Myths and Why They Persist, is forthcoming in November 2019. A major title about women is forthcoming from HarperCollins in 2020.
Yasmin’s unique expertise in medicine, epidemics and journalism has been called upon by The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, the Aspen Institute, Skoll Foundation and others. -
Tiffanie Yau
Affiliate, Cardiothoracic Surgery
BioTiffanie is a Physician Assistant specializing in cardiac surgery. She helps patients through most phases of perioperative care, including clinic, operating room, and inpatient areas. She is skilled in obtaining history, and performing a physical exam. She has experience interpreting tests and assisting in formulating treatment plans. Other pertinent skills include endoscopic vein harvest.
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Jiangbin Ye
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsOne hallmark of cancer is that malignant cells modulate metabolic pathways to promote cancer progression. My professional interest is to investigate the causes and consequences of the abnormal metabolic phenotypes of cancer cells in response to microenvironmental stresses such as hypoxia and nutrient deprivation, with the prospect that therapeutic approaches might be developed to target these metabolic pathways to improve cancer treatment.