Ya-Wen Chen

Ya-Wen Chen, PhD

Ya-Wen Chen (Preferred Name)

About Me

Ya-Wen is an Isidore Friesner Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology, the Department of Cell, Developmental, and Regenerative Biology, and the Department of Pathology, Molecular and Cell-based Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She serves as the Scientific Director for the Institute for Airway Sciences, the Co-Scientific Director for the Center for Epithelial and Airway Biology and Regeneration, and the Director for the Developmental Origin of Health and Disease biorepository at Mount Sinai. Additionally, She is the Director of Basic Science Research for the Department of Otolaryngology. Ya-Wen is also a member of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine and the Black Family Stem Cell Institute at Mount Sinai.

She pioneered work in lung organoid development and directed differentiation from human pluripotent stem cells to respiratory epithelial cells.

Ya-Wen received her M.S. in Tumor Biology from Georgetown University, Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. She completed her postdoctoral work at the Columbia Center for Translational Immunology and the Columbia Center for Human Development at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She was a Parker B. Francis Fellow, Baxter Faculty Fellow, Catalyst Awardee, and Isidore Friesner Scholar.

Ya-Wen is an active advocator for gender equality and LGBTQIA+ rights!

Language
English
Position
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Otolaryngology, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Pathology, Molecular and Cell Based Medicine, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Cell, Developmental & Regenerative Biology
Research Topics

Antivirals, Biochemistry, Biomechanics/Bioengineering, Biomedical Sciences, Cell Biology, Cellular Differentiation, Developmental Biology, Differentiation, Enzymology, Epithelial Cells, Extracellular Matrix, Induced pluripotent stem cells, Infectious Disease, Influenza Virus, Lung, Membrane Proteins/Channels, Molecular Biology, Morphogenesis, Otolaryngology (ENT), Proteases, Protein Complexes, Protein Structure/Function, Regeneration, Respiratory, SARS Virus, Stem Cells, Tissue Engineering

Multi-Disciplinary Training Areas

Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies in Medicine [AIET], Development Regeneration and Stem Cells [DRS], Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutics (DMT), Immunology [IMM], Microbiology [MIC]