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About the PI

Dr. Fan earned his MD from Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1999 and his PhD in Pathology from Case Western Reserve University in 2009. After completing postdoctoral training in vascular biology at the Cleveland Clinic, he joined the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, where he has advanced to the rank of tenured Professor. His research centers on uncovering the regulatory mechanisms governing tissue vascularity and immunity in disease progression, with the overarching goal of developing innovative therapies to reprogram the tissue microenvironment for treating cancer and cardiovascular diseases.

 

Awards to Dr. Fan

2025      Elected member, American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI)

2024      Yosemite Award, American Cancer Society (ACS)

2019      Research Excellence Award, American Heart Association (AHA)

2019      Sharpe Award (GBM research award), National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS)

2018      Springer Award (for Junior Investigator), North American Vascular Biology Organization (NAVBO)

2018      Innovative Project Award, American Heart Association (AHA)

2018      Young Investigator Award, Cancer Stem Cell Conference, Cleveland, OH

2017      Early Career Investigator Award, Radiation Research Society (RRS)

2017/2018       Brain Cancer Investigator Award, B*Cured Foundation

2017      Sharpe Award (Brain tumor research award), National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS)

2016      Judah Folkman Award (Career award for angiogenesis research), AACR

2015      Young Investigator Award of Excellence (RadOnc), Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

2015      Neuro-Oncology Innovation Award, University of Pennsylvania Abramson Cancer Center

2015      McCabe Award, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

2013      NIH Pathway to Independence Award, NIH/NHLBI

2013      Scientist Development Grant Award, American Heart Association

2013      Elsa Albrecht Award, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

2013      Robert Tarazi Award, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

2010      Elsa Albrecht Award, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

2010      NHLBI Scholarship, “Angiogenesis in Health and Disease” Symposia, Keystone, CO

2009      Graduate Student Fellowship Award, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

2008      Travel Award, “Frontier in Cell Migration” Conference, NIH Bethesda, MD

 

Awards to Trainees

2025      American Heart Association (AHA) Predoctoral Fellowship award 25PRE1360091, to Xinye Ashley Zhao (PhD student)

2024      Travel Award, International Tumor Microenvironment Stress Conference, to Prithvi Sinha (PhD student)

2024      Dr. Stephen Tuttle Research Award, University of Pennsylvania, to Yasmin Jackson (SUPERS student)

2024      Graduate Student Scholarship, Gerondelis Foundation, to Elisavet Krimitza (PhD student)

2023      Marshall Scholarship, British government, to Gina Ngo (SUPERS student)

2023      NIH/NCI F99/K00 Award, Christian Figueroa-Espada (Co-mentor, Yi Fan; Primary mentor, Michael Mitchell)

2022      NAVBO Travel Award, International Vascular Biology Meeting, October 13-17, 2022, Oakland, CA, to Duo Zhang (PhD student)

2022      James Blair Undergraduate Research Fellow (summer research fellowship), to Gloria Lee (research student)

2022      PURM award (summer research fellowship), to Katherine Han (research student)

2021      Outstanding Poster Award, Vascular Biology 2021, North American Vascular Biology Organization (NAVBO) annual conference, to Menggui Huang (postdoc fellow)

2021      American Heart Association (AHA) Predoctoral fellowship award 830890, to Duo Zhang

2020      NIH T32/GM008076 fellowship award, to Zachary Lamplugh (PhD student)

2015      American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Scholar-in-Training Award, to Menggui Huang (postdoc fellow)

 

 

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