Yiu-Fai Chen
Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
USA
Biography
Yiu-Fai Chen has completed his PhD in 1982 from Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) and postdoctoral training at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine. He is currently a Professor of Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine at UAB. He has been actively involved in cardiovascular research for more than 30 years and have been continuously funded by NIH and AHA, and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies since 1985, upon completion of his postdoctoral training. He has published 176 peer-reviewed articles published in high impact journals.
Research Interest
Cardiovascular Injury, Stem cells, Coronary arteries, Inflammation, Injury