Cancer Heterogeneity and Plasticity-Editorial Board

: Jindan Yu MD, PhD
Professor of Urology, Vice Chair for Research, Department of Urology; Professor of Human Genetics, Faculty Lead for Cancer Genomics, Department of Human Genetics; Scientific Director for Prostate and GU Cancers Research, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, USA
Research Interests: Prostate cancer; cancer genetics and epigenetic; genomics and bioinformatics methodologies; prognostic and therapeutic biomarkers
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Dr. Jindan 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 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.