Co-Chair Research Leadership Committee

                           

 

 

Xiao-feng Yang, MD, PhD, FAHA

                                                                                           

Professor of Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Research, Metabolic Disease Research, Microbiology and Immunology

Director, Graduate Education, Cardiovascular Research Center

Center for Metabolic Disease Research

Temple University School of Medicine

http://develop.temple.edu/medicine/faculty/y/yangx.asp

 

 

 

Education:

 

1976-1979,        Diploma in Medicine,     Nanchang University School of Medicine (former Jiangxi Medical University), Nanchang, China

1979-1982,        M.S. (Immunology),       Peking Union Medical University/Chinese Natl. Acad. Sci of Medicine, (Chinese NIH), Beijing, China

1988-1994,        Ph.D. (Molecular Biology),         University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada

1994-1999，      Fellowship （Immunology）, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,          Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

 

Positions and Employment

 

2012-          Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Temple University School of Medicine (TUSM), Philadelphia, USA

2013-          Director, Graduate Education, Cardiovascular Research Center, TUSM

 

Brief sketch:

 

            Dr. Yang currently is Director, Graduate Education for the Cardiovascular Research Center, and tenured Professor of Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Research, Microbiology and Immunology at Temple University School of Medicine (TUSM). Dr. Yang teaches Pharmacology in TUSM, Temple University Podiatry School of Medicine, Temple University School of Dental Medicine, and Temple University Graduate School. Dr. Yang’s NIH-funded research focuses are cardiovascular immunology, atherosclerosis, vascular inflammation, and molecular, metabolic signal mechanisms. Dr. Yang is editorial member for the Journal of Biological Chemistry, managing editor for the Frontiers in Bioscience (Landmark edition), Journal of Immunology Research, and academic editor for the PLOS ONE.