Shi Named 2006 Pew Scholar
Yujiang Shi, PhD, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, received a 2006 Pew Scholarship award in the Biomedical Sciences. The Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences supports young investigators whose research in the basic and clinical sciences holds promise for the advancement of human health. About two years ago, Shi discovered the first histone demethylase. Shi’s research now focuses on understanding how the processing of human genomic information is epigenetically controlled through chromatin modifications. The mission of his laboratory is to understand how dysregulation of epigenetic events contribute to complex human diseases and to develop novel epigenomic medicines for intervening the diseases.