Wei Yan (biologist)

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Wei Yan
Dr. Wei Yan, Professor of Reproductive Biology and Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine..jpg
NationalityAmerican
Scientific career
FieldsBiologist
Institutions
Websiteweiyanlab.com
This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Wei Yan is a Chinese-American reproductive biologist, currently Professor of Medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Senior Investigator at The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He is also University Foundation Professor[1] at University of Nevada, Reno, United States[2] and an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[3] He is Director of National Center for Male Reproductive Epigenomics and served as the editor-in-chief of the journal Biology of Reproduction.

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Yan was born in Liaoning, China. He received his MD from China Medical University in 1990 and PhD from University of Turku, Finland in 2000.  He completed his post-doc training at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX in 2004. His works focus on genetic and epigenetic control of fertility, as well as epigenetic contribution of gametes (sperm and eggs) to fertilization, early embryonic development and adulthood health.

Awards and affiliations[]

Some of his awards include:

  • 2009 Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) Young Investigator Award[4]
  • 2012 American Society of Andrology (ASA) Young Andrologist Award[5]
  • 2013 Nevada Healthcare Hero Award for Research and Technology[6]
  • 2017 University of Nevada, Reno Outstanding Researcher Award[7]
  • 2018 SSR Research Award and the 2020 Nevada System of Higher Education Research Award[8]

He was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "2016 Foundation Professors announced". University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
  2. ^ "Wei Yan". unr.edu. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Two faculty members named AAAS Fellows". unr.edu. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  4. ^ "SSR Awards - Society for the Study of Reproduction". community.ssr.org.
  5. ^ "Young Andrologist Award | American Society of Andrology".
  6. ^ Nevada Business Mag (2013-09-03). "Nevada Healthcare Heroes 2013". Nevadabusiness.com. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  7. ^ "Health and reproductive biology: a research record of paradigm-shifting discoveries". University of Nevada, Reno.
  8. ^ "2017 AAAS Fellows Recognized for Advancing Science | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org.

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