Dr. Yiqiang Zhang is Staff Scientist at the Functional Genomics Core and Department of Molecular Medicine, City of Hope and a Research Scientist and Instructor of Medicine at the University of Washington. His primary research interests include: stem cell biology and regenerative medicine, functional genomics and epigenetic regulation of cardiac and diabetic diseases, cell cycle regulation, electrophysiology and ion channel pathology. He holds a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Montreal, Canada [2006] and a M.Sc. in Physiology/Pharmacology from Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou [1998]. After his fruitful doctoral studies on diabetic cardiomyopathy and arrhythmias, he pursued his postdoctoral training on cardiac stem cells in Johns Hopkins Medicine [2006-2007] and then in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center [2008-2010]. He received doctoral and postdoctoral awards from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada [2003-2008], and his studies have been well-recognized and awarded by multiple organizations such as International Society for Heart Research, Keystone Symposia, FRSQ.

Dr. Zhang's Research Interests include: Stem cell biology and regenerative medicine, functional genomics and epigenetic regulation of cardiac and diabetic diseases, cell cycle regulation, electrophysiology, arrhythmias and ion channel pathology.