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Henry Yang

Henry Yang

Research Associate, Senior
Integrative Immunobiology

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

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

ResearchSenior Research Associate · Awarded by Weill Cornell Medicine · 2023 - 2028

Control of influenza virus induced type I interferon signaling during pregnancy

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

Placental resistance and response to the teratogenic pathogen Toxoplasma gondii

ResearchPostdoctoral Associate · Awarded by University of Pittsburgh · 2022 - 2027

Placenta Opioid and Perinatal Implications (POPI)

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