Yun Yen

Biography

Professor of the Ph.D. Program for Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery President of the Taiwan Oncology Society Education and professional experiences: M.D., Taipei Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan (1982) Ph.D. in Pathology and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia (1987) Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Luke's Hospital, Temple University, Bethlehem (1987-1990) Fellow, Hematology and Oncology Section, School of Medicine, Yale U. (1990-1993) Attending Physician, Division of Medical Oncology, City of Hope (1993-2014) Professor, Medical Oncology and Graduate School, City of Hope (2003-2014) Director, Developmental Cancer Therapeutics Program (Co-Director), City of Hope (2005-2011) Associate Director for Translational Research, Comprehensive Cancer Center, City of Hope (2005-2011) Chairman, Molecular Pharmacology Department, City of Hope (2005-2011) Affiliate Professor, Department Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology (2007-present) Adjunct Professor, Graduate Institute of Oncology, National Taiwan University (2013-present) Honors: Founder and Director of Tzu-Chi Bone Marrow Registry, USA (1994-2004) Fellow of American College of Physician (1995-present) Medical Advisory Board of Directors, Asian Miracle Marrow Match/National Marrow Donor Program (1998-present) Advisory Committee of Cancer Division and Scientific Review Committee, NHRI, Taiwan (1999-2012) NCI grant reviewer panel (2002-present) Endowed Chair Professor, Zhejing University, China (2002-present) America's Top Physician, Medical Oncologist (2003-present) Advisory Board, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) (2005-2008) Chair, International Affair Committee, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) (2014-2015) Honored Professor, Fujan University, China (2005-present) Allen and Lee Chao Endowed Chair in Developmental Cancer Therapeutics (2008-2014) Funding Chair, Cancer Chapter, the Associate of Chinese Bioscientists in America (2009) Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2011-present) Board Member, Tang Prize (2013-present) Board of Trustees, National Health Research Institute (Taiwan NIH), Taiwan (2013-present) ASCO International Affair Committee (2014-present) Awards: Parsons Foundation Award for Liver Cancer Project (2000) Hesvig Foundation Award (2011-2013) Cooper Portrait for Scientific Achievement Award, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope (2011-present) Kaing-Chi Scholar, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (2011-present) Distinguished Alumnus Award, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia (2013) Distinguished Achement Award, California Faculty Association, LA(2015)

Research Interest

Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery