Associate Professor of Medicine (Research), Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry (Research)

Overview

Dr. Yao is an Associate Professor (Research) of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry at Brown University Division of Biology and Medicine. His research interests include oxidative stress, inflammation, cellular senescence, mitochondrial metabolism in chronic lung diseases such as neonatal bronchopulmonary dysplasia, adult chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and associated pulmonary hypertension. Dr. Yao is an author of over eighty publications in peer-reviewed journals including book chapters and reviews. He has been serving as a member of several panels of federal grant study section including the NIH as an Ad-hoc. Dr. Yao was/is a member of the editorial boards of several international journals, such as American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology and Physiological Reports.

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