Xiaoyong Yang 3rd Metabolic Diseases; Breakthrough Discoveries in Diabetes & Obesity 2022

Xiaoyong Yang

Dr. Xiaoyong Yang is a tenured professor in the Department of Comparative Medicine and Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology at Yale University School of Medicine. He is also a member of the Yale Center for Molecular and Systems Metabolism, Yale Cancer Center and Yale Liver Center. Dr. Yang received B.S. from Nankai University, M.S. from Peking University, and Ph.D. from University of Alabama at Birmingham. He completed his postdoctoral training with Dr. Ronald Evans at The Salk Institute. Dr. Yang has pioneered the discovery of functions of protein posttranslational modifications in nutrient sensing, cell signaling and metabolic physiology. His laboratory currently studies how protein glycosylation senses nutritional and hormonal cues and mediates inter-organ communication, and how its dysregulation fuels obesity and type 2 diabetes. Dr. Yang has published highly cited articles in Cell, Cell Metabolism, Nature, Nature Medicine, PNAS, etc (~17000 citations). Dr. Yang serves as associate editor of Frontiers in Endocrinology, founding associate editor of Frontiers in Aging, and editorial board member of Journal of Biological Chemistry and Life Metabolism. He has received research awards from The National Institutes of Health, The State of Connecticut, American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, and Ellison Medical Foundation. Many of his trainees have received prestigious awards and successfully developed their own independent careers in academic institutions worldwide. Dr. Yang is president of Chinese American Diabetes Association and the past vice president of Sino-American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association.