​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

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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, Biological Engineering,
     Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
     Infectious Disease and Microbiome Program,
     Broad Institute at MIT and Harvard, 2019

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SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS​

• 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