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Yan Zhang

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionSchool of Medicine and Dentistry
DepartmentPathology and Laboratory Medicine
AddressUniversity of Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 608
Rochester NY 14642
 
 Awards And Honors
      American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC)
      American Society for Mass Spectrometry
      Human Proteome Organization (HUPO)
1994 - 1998Excellent Leadership Award  | Shandong University
1994 - 1998Excellent Student Award  | Shandong, University
1995 - 1998First Prize Scholarship  | Shandong University
1998     Summa cum laude  | Shandong University
1999     Excellent Leadership Award  | Chinese Academy of Sciences
2006     Cyrus P. and Anne R. Barnum Travel Award  | Minnesota Medical Foundation
2007     Cyrus P. and Anne R. Barnum Travel Award  | Minnesota Medical Foundation
2010     Domestic Travel Grant from Society for Young Clinical Laboratorians (SYCL)  | Van Slyke Foundation
2010 - 2012North American Chinese Clinical Chemists Association (NACCCA) - Newsletter Editor
2010     Sino American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association (SAPA) - Scientific Symposium organizing committee
2011     North American Chinese Clinical Chemists Association (NACCA) - Secretary
2011     Sino American Parmaceutical Professionals Association (SAPA) - Newsletter Editorial Board and Coordinator - New England Division
2013     AACC - Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology Division - Treasurer
2013     AACC - Management Sciences and Patient Safety division - Nominated for Chair-Elect
2013     AACC - Proteomics Divison - Nominated for members-at-large
2013     AACC - Upstate New York Division (Including Canada) - Program Chair, Chair-Elect
 
 Overview
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.

 
 Selected Publications
  • Zhang Y, Landau YE, Miller DT, Marsden D, Berry GT, Kellogg MD. Recurrent unexplained hyperammonemia in an adolescent with arginase deficiency. Clin Biochem. 2012 Dec; 45(18):1583-6.
    View in: PubMed

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