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Dr. Yu Zhang is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He leads the Laboratory of Engineered Living Systems, focusing on biofabrication, organs-on-chips, and tissue engineering. His research bridges biomedical engineering and clinical applications, with a focus on developing advanced biomaterials and bioprinting technologies for disease modeling and regenerative medicine.
- Affiliations: Brigham and Women's Hospital (Principal Investigator), Harvard Medical School
- Education:
- BEng in Biomedical Engineering, Southeast University (2008)
- MS in Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis (2011)
- PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (2013)
- Research Fellow in Engineering in Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (2016)
Research Interests: Dr. Zhang's work centers on 3D bioprinting, bioinks, organs-on-chips, and their applications in drug screening, cancer treatment, and tissue regeneration. His lab develops scalable biofabrication techniques and integrates microfluidics with biological systems to mimic human organs at microscale. Recent advancements include cryobioprinting, silk-based bioinks, and modular multi-organ platforms for precision medicine.
Grants & Funding: Principal Investigator on NIH grants R21HL168656 (Sex-Specific Cardiac Models), R56EB034702 (Cryobioprinting), R01CA282451 (Glioblastoma Models), and R01HL166522 (Thromboembolism Screening). Co-PI on NIH grant R01HL165176 (Embolization Biomaterials).
Awards: Over 50 honors including Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2021-2022), Kavli Emerging Leader in Chemistry (2022), and Mid-Career Investigator Award (International Society for Biofabrication).
Labs & Teams: Directs the Zhang Lab at Harvard, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams from engineering, biology, and clinical medicine. Active in training PhD students, postdocs, and visiting scholars in biofabrication and regenerative medicine.
