Speakers
Keynote: CAR-T and Challenges
Yun Yen, MD, PhD
Emeritus President at Taipei Medical University President and Chief Executive Officer of Theragent Inc. |
Dr. Yen received a M.D. from Taipei Medical College in 1982 and a Ph.D. in Pathology and Cell Biology from Thomas Jefferson University in 1988.
Dr. Yen serves as an Adjunct Professor at Case Western Reserve University and California Institute of Technology, as well as an Emeritus President at Taipei Medical University in Taiwan. Dr. Yen’s prior experience includes service as the Allen and Lee Chao Endowed Chair in Developmental Cancer Therapeutics at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center from 2008 until 2014, Chair of the City of Hope’s Molecular Pharmacology Department, Interim Chair at the City of Hope Medical Oncology, and Associate Director for Translational Research at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center from 2005 until 2014. Dr. Yen holds memberships or fellowships in numerous professional organizations, including National Academy of Inventors, Russian Academy of Engineering, and American Association for the Advancement of Science, and has published more than 343 peer-reviewed journal articles. |