Yuan-Wan Sun

Yuan-Wan Sun is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Molecular and Precision Medicine, Penn State Cancer Institute. Her research focuses on cancer prevention, environmental carcinogenesis, and molecular mechanisms of tobacco-related cancers.

• Key collaborations: Worked with K. El-Bayoumy, C. Aliaga, and others on chemopreventive agents like black raspberry.
• Primary institutions: Affiliated with Penn State Cancer Institute (Cancer Control Program).

Research Interests

• Chemoprevention of oral and head/neck cancers
• Interactions between environmental carcinogens (e.g., dibenzo[a,l]pyrene) and microbiomes
• Immune response modulation in tobacco-exposed tissues
• Metabolic reprogramming in cancer progression

Recent Article Trends: Recent work examines microbiome interactions in oral cancer models, chemopreventive effects of black raspberry, and synergistic impacts of tobacco smoke with carcinogens on DNA damage and immune responses.

Additional Context: Active in peer-reviewed publication since 2004, with 47 total outputs and a focus on translating molecular toxicology findings into prevention strategies for HNSCC and cervical cancers.