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YH

Yongfeng He, PhD

Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology Research in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Contact & profiles

yoh4003@med.cornell.edu

Appointments

Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology Research in Cardiothoracic SurgeryPrimary
Cardiothoracic Surgery · 2026–

Past Appointments

Instructor of Cancer Biology in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery · 2022–2025
Instructor of Cancer Biology in Medicine
Medicine · 2022–2022
Research Associate in Medicine
Medicine · 2021–2022

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Postdoctoral Associate in Medicine
Medicine · 2020–2021

Centers

Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Centerresearch
Cancer Biology

Education

Ph.D., Pharmacy
Chonnam National University (Korea), 2013
M.S., Physiology
Jilin University (China), 2009
B.S., Pharmaceutics
Changchun University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2006

Highlights

1
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer · 2022
YHYongfeng He APAlexander PolyzosJWJessica WhiteIMIleana Miranda NKNasser K Altorki+2 more →
PMID: 36049655PMCID: PMC9691559DOIFirst author24 citations
2
Cell reports. Medicine · 2021
YHYongfeng He
PMID: 34622229PMCID: PMC8484507DOIFirst author54 citations
3
Oncogene · 2020
YHYongfeng He
PMID: 32089544PMCID: PMC7165053DOIFirst author20 citations

Publications

19

News mentions

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New Preclinical Model Could Accelerate Research on Thymic Cancer
August 29, 2022
A new preclinical model for thymic cancer developed by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators has revealed insights into how a common mutation found in thymic epithelial tumors sparks their formation.