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Yubin Kang

Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy
Box 3961 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
Hematologic Malignancies, Box 3961, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


TAK-573-1501

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc · 2022 - 2027

Duke ACS Institutional Research Grant

ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. · 2024 - 2026

Hematology & Transfusion Medicine (T32)

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2026

Targeting convergent oncogenic signaling during AR inhibition to overcome metastasis and immune evasion in prostate cancer

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025

Role of SLAMF7 in Racial Disparities in Myeloma

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2023 - 2025

TAK-573-1501

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc · 2022 - 2027

Duke ACS Institutional Research Grant

ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. · 2024 - 2026

Hematology & Transfusion Medicine (T32)

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2026

Targeting convergent oncogenic signaling during AR inhibition to overcome metastasis and immune evasion in prostate cancer

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025

Role of SLAMF7 in Racial Disparities in Myeloma

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2023 - 2025

Role of Tumor-mediated Innate Training in the Pathogenesis of Immune-related Adverse Events

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Cancer Research Institute · 2022 - 2024

R21 Enhancing CAR T therapy in multiple myeloma

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2024

A Precision Oncology Micro-Organosphere-Based Platform to Guide Multiple Myeloma Therapy

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Xilis, Inc. · 2022 - 2023

Thioredoxin, a novel agent for mitigating radiation-induced hematopoietic injury

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2023

Epigenomic Reprogramming in Patient Derived Models of Colorectal Cancer

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2023

THIOREDOXIN REGULATES P53 TRANSCRIPTION IN HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Society of Hematology · 2022 - 2023

Targeting the p38/Snail/PD-L1 axis in hormone-therapy resistance and metastasis

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2018 - 2022

Effects of PPAR agonists on response to immunomodulatory agents in patients with multiple myeloma

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2021

Targeting sphingosine kinase 2 for the treatment of multiple myeloma

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2021

Clinical characteristics, JAK2 status, and macrophage infiltration in multiple myeloma patients with marrow fibrosis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Incyte Corporation · 2017 - 2020

Clinical Trial of ABC294640 in Patients with Refractory Multiple Myeloma

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Apogee Biotechnology Corporation · 2015 - 2019

Ph III study to evaluate the safety of ALN-TTR02 in TTR-Medicated Polyneuropathy

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Alnylam Pharmaceuticals · 2014 - 2018

Thioredoxin for radioprotection

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Columbia University · 2016 - 2018

Develop and Support of the RedCap database, bio-statistic analysis, and med writing for Dr Kang NIH SBIR award Clin Trial

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by RedHill Biopharma Ltd. · 2016 - 2018

Plerixafor for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2016

External Relationships


  • American Association for Cancer Research
  • Blue Bird
  • OrPro Therapeutics Inc
  • PSI Pharma Support American Inc
  • Sanofi
  • American Association for Cancer Research
  • Blue Bird
  • OrPro Therapeutics Inc
  • PSI Pharma Support American Inc
  • Sanofi
  • Xilis, Inc

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