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Henry Yang

Research Associate, Senior
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Research Interests


Healthy and patient tissue-derived organoids derivation for viruses infection and disease modeling; innate immune response at GI and placenta barriers under viruses infection.

Selected Grants


Control of virus induced type I interferon signaling during pregnancy

ResearchSenior Research Associate · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2022 - 2027

Placenta Opioid and Perinatal Implications (POPI)

ResearchSenior Research Associate · Awarded by University of Kentucky · 2023 - 2026

Identifying and modeling immune correlates of protection against congenital CMV transmission after primary maternal infection

ResearchSenior Research Associate · Awarded by Weill Cornell Medicine · 2023 - 2026

Placental resistance and response to the teratogenic pathogen Toxoplasma gondii

ResearchPostdoctoral Associate · Awarded by University of Pittsburgh · 2022 - 2026

Innate immune signaling in placental antiviral defenses

ResearchResearch Associate · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2025

Innate Immune Regulation of Zika Virus Infection

ResearchResearch Associate · Awarded by University of Washington · 2023 - 2024