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Roles and Affiliations: Yong-Hui Jiang is a Professor and Chief of Medical Genetics at Yale School of Medicine. He holds secondary appointments in Neuroscience and Pediatrics. He directs the Yale NORD Center of Excellence and the Yale Diagnostic Center of Excellence for Undiagnosed Diseases (NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Network Phase III).
Education: MD (Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, 1987), PhD (Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, 1999), Pediatric Residency (Texas Children’s Hospital, 2005), Clinical Genetics Fellowship (Baylor College of Medicine, 2007).
Research Focus: His work centers on genetic/epigenetic mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., Angelman, Prader-Willi syndromes), using patient-derived cellular models and mouse/dog models for disease modeling. Key interests include autism spectrum disorder mechanisms, SHANK3 protein function, and epigenetic therapies. Clinical expertise includes rare genetic diseases in children and adults.
Awards: Cure Angelman Discovery Award (2022), Yale Faculty Innovation Award (2023), Top 10 Autism Research Project (Autism Speaks, 2020).
Labs/Teams: Director of the Jiang Lab at the Anlyan Center, Yale. Collaborations include work on SHANK3 mutant dog models and epigenetic therapy development. Active in NIH-funded initiatives for undiagnosed diseases.
