Professor Yong Teng

Professor Yong Teng

Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

Dr. Yong Teng, PhD, is an associate professor of the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Emory School of Medicine, USA. He is the inaugural recipient of Winship Cancer Institute Wally Award and a member of the BME Program Faculty, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech. Dr. Teng is an active member of the International Head and Neck Scientific Group, the Royal Society of Medicine, American Association for Cancer Research and other associations. His research interests lie primarily in bridging three major research themes, tumor metabolism, microenvironment, and metastasis, with a special emphasis on several molecular determinants, and translating these discoveries into better therapeutics by integrating novel treatment strategies and drug delivery systems. His team has authored more than 150 articles and chapters relating to the mechanistic understanding of cancer progression, treatment responses, and anticancer drug action, providing a balanced mix of basic and translational science to shed new light on cancer management and research. His research has been funded by National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, the industry, and other funding agencies. Dr. Teng also serves on a number of grant review panels, journal editorial boards and international conference committees, demonstrating his exceptional commitment to serving the scientific community.

Updated 7 August 2023