Yajaira Suarez, PhD
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Biography
Yajaira studied Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University Autonoma of Madrid (1995). She did her PhD with Miguel Angel Lasuncion at the Hospital Ramón y Cajal and the University Autonoma de Madrid (Spain) (1996-2001). Yajaira also did two post-docs. The first one with Alberto Muñoz at the Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas "Alberto Sols" and the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Spain) (2002-2005) and the second one with Jordan Pober and Bill Sessa at Yale University School of Medicine (2005-2009). Yajaira initiated her independent research career in the Division of Cardiology at New York University School of Medicine in 2009. She joined the Yale faculty in 2013 as an Assistant Professor of Comparative Medicine and Pathology. Yajaira is currently Anthony N. Brady Professor of Comparative Medicine and also serves as Deputy Chair for the Department of Comparative Medicine.
Education & Training
- PhDUniversidad Autonoma (2001)
- BSUniversidad Autonoma (1995)
- Post. Doc.Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- Post. Doc.Yale University School of Medicine
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization |
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Werner Risau New Investigator Award in Vascular Biology | American Heart Association- Journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. |
Fellowship-Grant Award, CNIC P3+3 programme for Post-doctoral Careers in Biomedicine. | Fundación Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III, Spain |
Kingsley Award in Medical Research |
Departments & Organizations
- Cancer Signaling Networks
- Center for RNA Science and Medicine
- Comparative Medicine
- Diabetes Research Center
- Experimental Pathology Graduate Program
- Immunology
- Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
- Obesity Research Working Group
- Pathology
- Pathology Research
- Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Center for Molecular and Systems Metabolism (YMSM)
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale Ventures