Research Bio
Yan Zhang, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, is Associate Director of Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology (Mass Spectrometry) Laboratories at Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester Medical Center.
Dr. Zhang completed her Clinical Chemistry Fellowship training at Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and she is certified as a Diplomat of the American Board of Clinical Chemistry. She received her Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Bioinformatics from the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities) with a special focus on mass spectrometry-based -omics (proteomics and metabolomics) technologies and biomarker research. In addition, she earned her B.S. summa cum laude in Microbial Engineering and her M.E. in Biochemical Engineering in China.
Her research interests are in clinical applications of mass spectrometry, transitioning of late phase discovery and -omics biomarkers to clinical services, and biomarker discovery for the early diagnosis of disease and prognosis using -omics technologies.
Her administrative interests encompass laboratory management, leadership development, and employee engagement.
| AACC - Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology Division - Treasurer |
2013 - Present |
| AACC - Management Sciences and Patient Safety division - Nominated for Chair-Elect |
2013 - Present |
| AACC - Proteomics Divison - Nominated for members-at-large |
2013 - Present |
| AACC - Upstate New York Division (Including Canada) - Program Chair, Chair-Elect |
2013 - Present |
| North American Chinese Clinical Chemists Association (NACCA) - Secretary |
2011 - Present |
| Sino American Parmaceutical Professionals Association (SAPA) - Newsletter Editorial Board and Coordinator - New England Division |
2011 - 2011 |
| North American Chinese Clinical Chemists Association (NACCCA) - Newsletter Editor |
2010 - 2012 |
| Sino American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association (SAPA) - Scientific Symposium organizing committee |
2010 - 2010 |
| First Prize Scholarship | Shandong University | Jinan, China |
1995 - 1998 |
| Excellent Leadership Award | Shandong University | Jinan, China |
1994 - 1998 |
| Excellent Student Award | Shandong, University | Jinan, China |
1994 - 1998 |
| Summa cum laude | Shandong University | Jinan, China |
1998 |
| Excellent Leadership Award | Chinese Academy of Sciences | Beijing, China |
1999 |
| Cyrus P. and Anne R. Barnum Travel Award | Minnesota Medical Foundation | 5th HUPO Conference, University of Minnesota |
2006 |
| Cyrus P. and Anne R. Barnum Travel Award | Minnesota Medical Foundation | ASMS Conference, University of Minnesota |
2007 |
| Domestic Travel Grant from Society for Young Clinical Laboratorians (SYCL) | Van Slyke Foundation |
2010 |
| American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) |
Present |
| American Society for Mass Spectrometry |
Present |
| Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) |
Present |
2012
Zhang Y, Sinaiko AR, Nelsestuen GL. "Glycoproteins and glycosylation: apolipoprotein c3 glycoforms by top-down maldi-tof mass spectrometry." Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 2012 909:141-50. |
2012
Zhang Y, Landau YE, Miller DT, Marsden D, Berry GT, Kellogg MD. "Recurrent unexplained hyperammonemia in an adolescent with arginase deficiency." Clinical biochemistry. 2012 45(18):1583-6. Epub 2012 Aug 23. |
2011 Jun
Zhang Y, Hoover PN, Kellogg MD. "What is your guess? A four-day-old boy with an abnormal metabolic screen." Clinical chemistry. 2011 Jun 0; 57(6):927-8. |
2011
Yan Zhang. "News & Views: Bring on the Biomarkers--It's Time for the "Big Science" Approach". Clinical Chemistry. 2011; 57(6): 928-929. |
2011
Yan Zhang; Kyle Riding; Mark D. Kellogg. "What Is Your Guess? A Rare Form of a Parasite under the Microscope". Clinical Chemistry. 2011; 57(3): 533-534. |
