Hongwei Yang, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Fellow, Black Laboratory
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

My research interests include Oncogenetics and oncogenomics of neuroblastoma, glioma and meningioma; Genetic and transgenic animal model (zebrafish). I am now applying the whole genome SNP array to identify genes related to tumorigenesis and progression of meningiomas.


Clinical and Research Background

Medical Education
MD, China Medical University, 1987
M.MSc., China Medical University, 1990
Ph.D., University of Tokyo, 1999

Internship/Residency
The 2nd Affiliated Hospital
China Medical University
Pediatric Surgery
1987-1994

Fellowship
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 1999-2003
Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2003-Present

Awards
Japanese Government Scholarship, 1994-1999
DFCI Claudia Adams Barr award, 2001-2003: Molecular Pathogenesis of  Rhabdomyosarcoma: the Development of a Disease Model in Zebrafish.

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