Before Fellowship
- B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from West Virginia University
- M.D. from West Virginia University School of Medicine
- Internship at Los Robles Regional Medical Center,
- Residency Diagnostic Radiology at Loma Linda University
Research
GRADUATE RESEARCH
- Dr. Roger Tomihama, Interventional Radiology: AI model development for predicting endoleaks using preoperative imaging, 2022-2024.
- Dr. Binguan Li, Orthopedics: Cellulose nano-crystal antimicrobial micro-particles for applications in orthopedic implant coatings.
- Intro Summer Research Program 2018, WVU School of Medicine
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
- Dr. Yong Yang, Chemical Engineering: Three projects focusing on the development of nano-technology based cancer, stem cell, and lab on a chip disease models
PRESENTATIONS
- Oral Presentation - Society of Interventional Radiology Conference - Salt Lake City, UT - 2024
- Van Liere Research Conference - Morgantown, WV - 2019
Accomplishments and Awards
- “Excellence in Medical Student Education Award”, Loma Linda Radiology Residency, 2023
- “Rookie of the Year Award” - Loma Linda Radiology Residency, 2022
- 1st Place (Local) - AlphaLabs PittStop Business Pitch Competition, 2020
- Semi-finalist (Regional) - AlphaLabs PittStop Business Pitch Competition, 2020
- Terry and Frances Seelinger Entrepreneurial Scholarship, 2020
- 1st Place - WVU MFG Business Pitch Competition, 2019
- National Barry M. Goldwater Research Scholar, 2016
- WV NASA Consortium Research Scholarship, 2016
Research and Publications
- Kai Wang, Xiaoqing He, Will Linthicum, Ryan Mezan, Liying Wang, Yon Rojanasakul, Qi Wence, Yong Yang, Carbon nanotubes induced fibrogenesis on nanostructured substrates, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017, 10.1039/C6EN00402D
- Kai Wang, Allison Bruce, Ryan Mezan, Anand Kadiyala, Liying Wang, Jeremy Dawson, Yon Rojanasakul, and Yong Yang, Nanotopographical Modulation of Cell Function through Nuclear Deformation, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016, 10.1021/acsami.5b10531
- Allison Bruce, Rebecca Evans, Ryan Mezan, Lin Shi, Moses BS, Karen Martin, Yong Yang, Three-Dimensional Microfluidic Tri-Culture Model of the Bone Marrow Microenvironment for Study of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, PLoS ONE, 2015, 10.1371/journal.pone.0140506