Yanhong Liu

Yanhong Liu, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at the College of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. She is affiliated with the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center and specializes in cancer epidemiology, genetic research, and molecular biomarker development.

• Research Focus: Cancer genetics, microbiome-immune interactions, and risk prediction models
• Current Grants: NIH/NCI R01 CA285882 (MPI), NIH/NCI R03 CA282953 (PI), PCORI PLACER-2021C3-24160

Her work explores genomic variants, tumor microbiomes, and immunological factors in cancer development and treatment response. Recent publications examine lung cancer microbiomes, germline variant risks, and immunogenetic determinants in head and neck cancers.

Dr. Liu actively participates in cancer research societies including the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) and Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC).