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Jindan Yu

  • Department of Urology
    Professor
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Overview

Dr. Jindan Yu is the Fray F. Marshall Chair in Biomedical Urologic Research at Emory University School of Medicine. She is a Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Urology, spearheading the discoveries of novel biomarkers and therapeutic approaches for aggressive prostate and genitourinary cancers. Dr. Yu also serves as the Scientific Director for Prostate and GU Cancer Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. She is a Professor in the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech-Emory and a Professor of Human Genetics, where she acts as the Faculty Lead for Cancer Genomics & Epigenomics at Emory.

Dr. Yu received her Bachelor of Medicine (equivalent to MD in US) at Peking University, Health Science Center in Beijing. She received her PhD in Biomedical Engineering with concentration on Biotechnology and Bioinformatics from the University of Michigan. Prior to joining the faculty at Emory in 2023, Dr. Yu held a position as a Professor in the Department of Medicine in the division of Hematology/Oncology and of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the Northwestern University of Chicago, Illinois.

She has trained over 40 fellows and graduate students, served on over 30 PhD thesis committees and published nearly 90 articles in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, Molecular Cell, and the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Dr. Yu is the Fray F. Marshall Chair in Biomedical Urologic Research and Professor of Urology and Human Genetics. Dr. Yu serves as the Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Urology and Scientific Director for Prostate and GU Cancers Research at Winship based primarily at Winship Cancer Institute.

Academic Appointment

  • Professor, Secondary Appointment, Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Vice Chair of Research, Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Professor of Urology, Primary Appointment, Department of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • PhD from University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
  • MS from University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
  • MD from Peking University

Research

Publications

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