Vincent Auyeung

Vincent Auyeung, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He leads a research lab focused on cellular stress responses in lung epithelium, particularly endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and the unfolded protein response (UPR). His work combines mouse genetics, tissue culture, and chemical biology tools to study lung diseases such as asthma and pulmonary fibrosis.

• Education:
  • BS in Biology (2005), California Institute of Technology
  • PhD in Molecular Biology (2012), MIT
  • MD in Medicine (2014), Harvard Medical School
  • Residency in Internal Medicine (2016), UCSF
  • Fellowship in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine (2019), UCSF

Current research projects include investigating Regulated IRE1α-Mediated Decay (RIDD) in epithelial transitions, epithelial states in pulmonary fibrosis, and goblet cell metaplasia in asthma. His lab has developed novel chemical biology tools to target ER stress pathways. Key grants include the NIH K08 grant (2021-2026) on pulmonary fibrosis mechanisms and an ALA Hastings Innovation Award (2024-2026) for therapeutic targeting of fibrotic niches.

Publications span ER stress signaling, lung epithelial plasticity, and translational drug discovery. His work has been cited in over 700 papers, with landmark contributions to understanding miRNA processing and fibrotic niche formation.