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​JASON H. YANG, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor and Chancellor Scholar
Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Center for Emerging and Re-Emerging Pathogens
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

 

Additional Affiliations

Public Health Research Institute

Rutgers University Microbiome Program

Institute for Infectious & Inflammatory Diseases

Center for COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness

New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science

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Graduate Program Affiliations
Rutgers Multidisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Biomedical Sciences
Rutgers Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program

Rutgers Microbial Biology Graduate Program

Rutgers Quantitative Biomedicine Graduate Program
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Email: jason.y@rutgers.edu

 

EDUCATION & TRAINING

B.S., Biomedical Engineering & Electrical Engineering,

     Johns Hopkins University, 2005

Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, 2012

Postdoctoral Training, Medical Engineering and Science,
     Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
     Infectious Disease and Microbiome Program,
     Broad Institute at MIT and Harvard, 2019

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SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS​

  • ASM Theobald Smith Society Young Investigator Award, 2025

  • Agilent Early Career Professor Award, 2021

  • NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award, 2016

  • Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center
    Outstanding Predoctoral Trainee, 2013

  • Jill E. Hungerford Biomedical Sciences Prize, 2012

  • Biomedical Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student, 2012

  • All-University Graduate Teaching Award, 2010

  • American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship, 2007

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