DAN YI

PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate II dyi@arizona.edu

Dan Yi, is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Dr. Zhiyu Dai’s lab in the department of Internal Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix. She got her PhD from University of Lyon in France in 2018, and she continued her research journey as a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University. Since September 2019, Dr. Yi has been actively contributing to research at the University of Arizona as a Postdoctoral Research Associate.

She is a member of multiple professional societies, including the North American Vascular Biology Organization (NAVBO), Arizona Physiological Society (AZPS), Arizona Imaging and Microanalysis Society (AIMS), American Thoracic Society (ATS), and American Heart Association (AHA). Her primary research interests revolve around understanding how changes in gene expression contribute to human diseases, identifying potential drug targets, and exploring critical mechanisms within biological pathways. During her time at UA, she has been focused on pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), particularly on studying the molecular mechanisms of obliterative vascular remodeling in PAH. She was authored and co-authored many studies on a range of cardiovascular disease, especially pulmonary hypertension, in peer-reviewed journals as well as presented at numerous international, national, and local conferences.

Her work has been recognized with multiple prestigious awards. In 2022, she achieved the First Place Poster Presentation Award at the Arizona Imaging and Microanalysis Society (AIMS) Conference in Phoenix and secured First Place in the Young Investigator Award at the 17th Chinese American Academy of Cardiology (CAAC)/Academy of Cardiovascular Research Excellence (ACRE)/Chinese American Heart Association (CNAHA) Joint Research Symposium. In 2023, she earned the Young Investigator Award at 2023 CAAC Research Symposium held in Boston.