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 Hua Yu, Ph.D.

  • Professor, Cancer Immunotherapeutics & Tumor Immunology
  • Co-leader, Cancer Immunotherapeutics Program, Comprehensive Cancer Center

Dr. Yu's laboratory was the first to validate STAT3, a critical regulator of tumor cell survival and proliferation, as a molecular target for cancer therapy in animal models. Yu's team also unraveled a critical role of STAT3 in tumor angiogenesis and tumor immune evasion.

Professional Experience

2011 - present, Co-leader, Cancer Immunotherapeutics Program, Comprehensive Cancer Center, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2005 - present, Professor, Department of Cancer Immunotherapeutics & Tumor Immunology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2002 - 2005, Associate Professor, Immunology Program, Moffitt Cancer Center

1995 - 2002, Assistant Professor, Immunology Program, Moffitt Cancer Center

1994 - 1995, Research Scientist, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan


Education and Training

1989 - 1992, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Postdoc, Molecular Biology

1988, Columbia University, New York, NY., Ph.D., Molecular Biology

1983, Columbia University, New York, NY., B.A., Biology


This is an abbreviated document. Full CV available upon request. Information on this page may be self-reported. Last updated: 05/11.

Hua Yu, Ph.D.

Honors and Awards

2011 - 2012, Recipient, Tim Nesvig Lymphoma Fellowship Award

2004 - 2007, Member, CII Study Section, National Institutes of Health

2004, Scientist of the Year Award, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

1990 - 1992, American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship

1989, NIH Postdoctoral Training Grant Fellowship

1983 - 1988, Faculty Fellow, Columbia University

1982 - 1983, Helena Rubinstein Foundation Scholarship (undergraduate), Columbia University

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