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John S Yi

Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery
Surgery, Surgical Sciences
915 S. LaSalle Street, 204 SORF (Bldg. 41) Box 2926, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Defining the clinical phenotype and immunopathology of seronegative MG

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Myasthenia Gravis Foundation · 2021 - 2023

VTEU Task D Option 2 Protocol FY.2015.A4D14.0033

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2022

Biomarkers predicting response to eculizumab in MG (NonFed)

ResearchMentor · Awarded by The George Washington University · 2021 - 2022

Biomarkers predicting response to eculizumab in myasthenia gravis

ResearchMentor · Awarded by The George Washington University · 2021 - 2022

RARE DISEASE NETWORK FOR MYASTHENIA GRAVIS

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by The George Washington University · 2019 - 2022

Mechanisms of immune checkpoint resistance mediated by LKB1 tumor suppressor in lung cancer

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2019 - 2021

Metabolic Pathways Of Pathogenic Th17 Cells In Myasthenia Gravis

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Myasthenia Gravis Foundation · 2020 - 2021

Overcoming checkpoint blockade resistance in ovarian cancer

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer · 2019 - 2021

Pathogenic Th17 cell pathology in CIDP

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by GBS/CIDP Foundation International · 2019 - 2021

Characterization of porcine synovial cells in co-culture

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Piedmont Orthopedic Foundation · 2020 - 2020

Feasibility of using Bortezomib-based immunosuppressive approach to deplete anti-AAV antibodies in mice

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. · 2018 - 2020

Immune modulation of CaMKK2 in the ovarian tumor microenvironment

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Foundation · 2019 - 2020

GAA-iTEM: Personalizing the Prediction of Anti-therapeutic Antibody Response in Pome Disease Patients

ResearchAssistant Research Professor · Awarded by EpiVax, Inc. · 2018 - 2020

Immunologic Changes in the Treatment of Myasthenia Gravis

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Ra Pharmaceuticals, Inc · 2017 - 2019

Role of CD4 T cell subsets as drivers of MG disease

Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by Myasthenia Gravis Foundation · 2016 - 2019

The interface of B and T cells in Transplant

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, Inc. · 2016 - 2019

Acetylcholine receptor binding B cells as biomarker for myasthenia gravis

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by AFM-Telethon · 2017 - 2018

High Impact Pilot Project on Myasthenia Gravis and Related Neuromuscular Junction Disorders

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Myasthenia Gravis Foundation · 2014 - 2017

Profiling of ACHR-Specific B Cells in Myasthenia Gravis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of Illinois · 2015 - 2016

VTEU Task A Protocol FY.2015.A4D14.0033

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2016