Qiwei Yang

Qiwei Yang

Qiwei Yang
Research Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Read Interview session with Qiwei Yang
University of Illinois, USA

Biography

Dr. Qiwei Yang received his Master and Ph.D degree from Nankai University in China with many honors. He pursued his postdoctoral research work related to lung and renal development at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago. Dr. Yang’s current work primarily focuses on the genetic and epigenetic basis of pulmonary vascular disease in the fetus and newborn, and therapeutic targets in pulmonary hypertension. He has published many peer-reviewed papers in high quantity Journals including PNAS, Cancer Research etc. He is serving as an editorial board member for Pediatric and Neonatal Care, Annals of Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, Pediatrics and Neonatal Nursing - Open Journal, International Journal of Medical Sciences and Biotechnology, and Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal.

Research Interest

Genetic, epigenetic and environmental basis of pulmonary vascular disease in the fetus and newborn, therapeutic targets in pulmonary hypertension. Cancer biology