Hushan Yang

Hushan Yang serves as a Professor in the Department of Medical Oncology at the College of Life Sciences, Thomas Jefferson University, where he develops personalized cancer risk and prognosis prediction models through interdisciplinary integration of biological mechanisms and genomic data.

His research centers on Cancer Genomics and Genetic Epidemiology, with specialized focus on Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Colorectal Cancer. He investigates biomarkers including mitochondrial DNA content, leukocyte telomere length, and genetic variants (e.g., in KDR gene) to enable tailored patient-specific predictions based on genomic and pathological profiles.

Dr. Yang leads an active research laboratory examining molecular mechanisms in gastrointestinal cancers, as evidenced by his dedicated lab website linked from his faculty profile. His work bridges genomic analysis with clinical oncology to advance precision medicine approaches for cancer risk stratification.