William Yong
Professor
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of California los Angeles
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Yong obtained a bachelors degree in molecular biology at UC Berkeley and a masters degree in biology (cellular and molecular) at San Francisco State University. For the masters degree, he studied the AIDS retrovirus while in the laboratory of Professor Jay Levy at UCSF. He attended medical school at UCLA where he completed his Honors thesis research with Professor Harry Vinters and graduated as a Deans Scholar. He trained in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, where he worked in the molecular neuro-oncology laboratory of Dr. David Louis. For his work there, Dr. Yong was awarded the American Association of Neuropathologists Lucien J. Rubinstein Award in Neuro-oncology. He completed his neuropathology fellowship at UCLA.
Research Interest
Current main research interests include biobanking methods and end-stage immunopathology and neuropathology in brain cancer patients. He consults for the National Neurologic AIDS Brain Bank. His team has also conducted or collaboarated on studies in bioinformatics, nanotechnology, non-invasive imaging, neuroradiology, and targeted therapies. Collaborations have spanned AIDS, stroke, dementia, and epilepsy.
Publications
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Lee Seung J, Bui Timothy T, Chen Cheng Hao Jacky, Lagman Carlito, Chung Lawrance K, Sidhu Sabrin, Seo David J, Yong William H, Siegal Todd L, Kim Minsu, Yang Isaac Central Neurocytoma: A Review of Clinical Management and Histopathologic Features Brain tumor research and treatment, 2016; 4(2): 49-57.
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Abdaljaleel Maram, Mazumder Rajarshi, Patel Chirag B, Im Kyuseok, Pope Whitney, Liau Linda M, Vinters Harry V, Yong William H Multiple calcifying pseudoneoplasms of the neuraxis (MCAPNON): Distinct entity, CAPNON variant, or old neurocysticercosis? Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology, 2016; .
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Antonios Joseph P, Soto Horacio, Everson Richard G, Moughon Diana, Orpilla Joey R, Shin Namjo P, Sedighim Shaina, Treger Janet, Odesa Sylvia, Tucker Alexander, Yong William H, Li Gang, Cloughesy Timothy F, Liau Linda M, Prins Robert M Immunosuppressive tumor-infiltrating myeloid cells mediate adaptive immune resistance via a PD-1/PD-L1 mechanism in glioblastoma Neuro-oncology, 2017; .
