Tianyan Gao, PhD

Dr. Tianyan Gao is a Professor of Cellular and Molecular Biochemistry and an investigator of the Markey Cancer Center at the UK College of Medicine. She received her PhD degree in Pharmacology from Northwestern University, and she subsequently received her postdoctoral training at the University of California San Diego. Her lab’s research focuses on the function and regulation of signal transduction pathways in colorectal cancer. Dr. Gao’s research program has been continuously funded by NIH and other private foundations for over 10 years. She has also mentored a number of students, postdoctoral followers and medical residents.