Herbert Yu MD, PhD

Professor (Adjunct) of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

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Departments & Organizations

Cancer Prevention and Control

School of Public Health: Voluntary & Adjunct

Liver Center

Cancer Prevention and Control

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Biography

Dr. Yu is associate professor at Yale School of Public Health, Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, and a molecular epidemiologist with training in medicine, epidemiology, and clinical biochemistry. Dr. Yu has been involved in cancer research for over 20 years, and has had extensive experience in population-based epidemiologic investigation and patient-based clinical studies. Dr. Yu has conducted numerous epidemiologic and clinical research projects, addressing various issues in cancer research, from etiology to detection, and prognosis to treatment. Dr. Yu is especially experienced in laboratory-based molecular epidemiologic studies, and his research interests include gene-environment interaction in cancer development and progression and lifestyle's impact on epigenetic regulatoin Dr. Yu has served on numerous national and international grant review committees, and has been involved in the design, execution and analysis of many epidemiological and clinical studies.