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Ying Wang

ResearcherPathology and Laboratory MedicineUniversity of British Columbia

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Ying Wang

Researcher

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
35 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 9 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2021.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2024.

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Research

Anti-Inflammatory Cytokine Therapies Atherosclerosis Efferocytosis Lesion Structure And Stability Spatial Biology

Latest papers

Therapeutic Target Mapping to Advance Drug Repurposing for Cardiovascular Disease: A Perspective from an Explanted Heart Biobank.
Journal of personalized medicine · 2026 · senior author
Conditional knockout of membrane-type I matrix metalloproteinase in smooth muscle cells of adult mice alleviates atherosclerosis without affecting basic cardiovascular function.
Clinical and translational medicine · 2026
Drug repurposing using transcriptomics: principles and unmet needs in cardiovascular disease.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2026 · senior author

All 58 publications

Latest funding

Determining the relationship between inflammation and impaired efferocytosis in human atherosclerotic lesions
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
$120,000
Elucidating the Intricate Interplay between Mitochondria, Innate Immunity, and Viral Pathogenesis in Heart Failure
CIHR · 2023 · Supervisor
$270,000
Determining the relationship between inflammation and impaired efferocytosis in human atherosclerotic lesions
CIHR · 2023 · Supervisor
$1,500

All 4 grants and awards

58 publications.

Therapeutic Target Mapping to Advance Drug Repurposing for Cardiovascular Disease: A Perspective from an Explanted Heart Biobank.

Ng C, Singhera GK, Chang EC, Samra A, Adolphs KA, Phillips EH, Bashir J, Laksman Z, Luo H, Francis GA, Lai C, Wang Y

Journal of personalized medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/jpm16080416 PMID: 42645910

Conditional knockout of membrane-type I matrix metalloproteinase in smooth muscle cells of adult mice alleviates atherosclerosis without affecting basic cardiovascular function.

Jarad S, Gu HM, Huang D, Amadi P, Gill G, Spaans F, Chatha A, Yousef A, Graton ME, Patel R, Seubert JM, Wang Y, Francis G, Xia XD, Davidge ST, Zhang DW

Clinical and translational medicine2026

DOI: 10.1002/ctm2.70739 PMID: 42415256

Drug repurposing using transcriptomics: principles and unmet needs in cardiovascular disease.

Leung S, Miller CL, Singh A, Wang Y

American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00899.2025 PMID: 41910178

Single-Cell Multi-Omics Profiling of Human Septal Myectomy Tissue: Toward Precision Medicine in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

Nguyen Q, Parker J, Singh A, Wang Y, Bashir J, Laksman Z

Journal of personalized medicine2026

DOI: 10.3390/jpm16020088 PMID: 41745380

Evolution in the diagnosis and treatment of carcinoma of unknown primary: a multicenter Canadian analysis.

Wong B, Liu J, Yeo S, Akurang D, Lo A, Xu YH, Wang Y, Welch S, Wheatley-Price P

The oncologist2025

DOI: 10.1093/oncolo/oyae298 PMID: 39520389

Deprescribing Antipsychotics and Proton Pump Inhibitors in Long-Term Care: A Prescribing Portraits Approach.

Haji N, Tejani AM, Tung A, Wang Y, Heidary D, Thompson W, Bubbar C

Drugs & aging2025

DOI: 10.1007/s40266-025-01217-1 PMID: 40478409

Collaborative team-based care implementation in ambulatory gynecological and lung cancer clinics.

Abadi S, Pool A, Tinker A, Wang Y, Crameri A, Jang D

Journal of oncology pharmacy practice : official publication of the International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners2025

DOI: 10.1177/10781552251351324 PMID: 40551673

Mitigation of decline with virtual exercise with lung cancer (MoVE with lung cancer) - A promising approach to enhance physiological strength, improve body composition, and build upon current evidence.

Wang Y, Fujita RA, Fujisawa N, Laskin J, Camp P, Yeo S, Smith GVH, Zadravec K, Mackenzie K, Campbell KL

Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2025First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2025.108418 PMID: 39919548

Spatial Gene Expression of Human Coronary Arteries Revealed the Molecular Features of Diffuse Intimal Thickening in Explanted Hearts.

Li B, Leung S, Elishaev M, Cheng WH, Mocci G, Björkegren JLM, Lai C, Singh A, Wang Y

International journal of molecular sciences2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/ijms26051949 PMID: 40076574

Reduced wait times for molecular-biomarker testing among patients with advanced lung cancer using parallel sample processing and closed-loop communication: the Continuous Oncopanel and ALK Status Tracking (COAST) Project.

Yeo S, Sun J, Zibrik K, Shaipanich T, Carolan H, Melosky B, Ionescu D, Alex D, Yip S, Wang Y

BMJ open quality2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2024-003001 PMID: 39971592

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Ying Wang

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Therapeutic Target Mapping to Advance Drug Repurposing for Cardiovascular Disease: A Perspective from an Explanted Heart Biobank.

Conditional knockout of membrane-type I matrix metalloproteinase in smooth muscle cells of adult mice alleviates atherosclerosis without affecting basic cardiovascular function.

Drug repurposing using transcriptomics: principles and unmet needs in cardiovascular disease.

Single-Cell Multi-Omics Profiling of Human Septal Myectomy Tissue: Toward Precision Medicine in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

Evolution in the diagnosis and treatment of carcinoma of unknown primary: a multicenter Canadian analysis.

Deprescribing Antipsychotics and Proton Pump Inhibitors in Long-Term Care: A Prescribing Portraits Approach.

Collaborative team-based care implementation in ambulatory gynecological and lung cancer clinics.

Mitigation of decline with virtual exercise with lung cancer (MoVE with lung cancer) - A promising approach to enhance physiological strength, improve body composition, and build upon current evidence.

Spatial Gene Expression of Human Coronary Arteries Revealed the Molecular Features of Diffuse Intimal Thickening in Explanted Hearts.

Reduced wait times for molecular-biomarker testing among patients with advanced lung cancer using parallel sample processing and closed-loop communication: the Continuous Oncopanel and ALK Status Tracking (COAST) Project.

Determining the relationship between inflammation and impaired efferocytosis in human atherosclerotic lesions

Elucidating the Intricate Interplay between Mitochondria, Innate Immunity, and Viral Pathogenesis in Heart Failure

Determining the relationship between inflammation and impaired efferocytosis in human atherosclerotic lesions

Targeting efferocytosis to reduce risk of cardiovascular events

Frequent collaborators

Brian Rodrigues

Amirrtha Srikanthan

Zachary Laksman

Peter Ellis

Bram Rochwerg

Wade Thompson

Paul Wheatley-Price

Gordon Guyatt

Gregory Pond

Amiram Jacob Gafni

Paul O'Byrne

Gail Gauvreau

Colin Collins

Honglin Luo

Fang Liu

Calum Macaulay

Pat Camp

Stephen Lam

Gordon Francis

Srinivas Murthy

Richard Leigh

Srinivas Murthy

Sanjoy Ghosh

Anna Tinker

Haibo Qiu