Gee Su Yang

Ph.D., RN

Assistant Professor

She/Her/Hers

Dr. Yang’s research focus is cancer prevention and survivorship. Her overall program of research is focused on identifying biobehavioral mechanisms underlying the development and persistence of psychoneurological symptoms (e.g., pain, sleep disturbance, fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, depression, and anxiety) and developing precision-based approaches to symptom management in cancer survivors to improve their quality of life and functioning. Currently, she is passionate about characterizing phenotypes and investigating novel biological processes of aromatase inhibitor-associated musculoskeletal symptoms and immunotherapy-associated adverse symptoms.

Yang is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Nursing. She received her BSN and MSN from Seoul National University in South Korea and her Ph.D. in Nursing from the University of Maryland. She completed her postdoctoral training at the University of Florida College of Nursing through an NIH/NINR F32 individual postdoctoral fellowship. Her preclinical and clinical cancer research projects were and/or are being supported by the NIH/NINR training award, Oncology Nursing Foundation, Rockefeller University Heilbrunn Nurse Scholar Award, American Nurses Foundation/Midwest Nursing Research Society, American Society for Pain Management Nursing, Healthy Americas Foundation, and Global Korean Nursing Foundation.

Research/Scholarship Interests

• Cancer prevention and survivorship
• Psychoneurological symptoms related to cancer treatment
• Multi-omics approaches (Genetics/Epigenetics/Gut microbiome)
• Cancer-related aging

Education

• Ph.D., Nursing, University of Maryland
• MSN, Seoul National University, South Korea
• BSN, Seoul National University, South Korea

Honors & Awards

• 2022: Butler-Williams Scholar, National Institute on Aging
• 2022: Heilbrunn Nurse Scholar, The Rockefeller University Heilbrunn Family Center for Research Nursing
• 2021: Scholarship Facilitation Fund, University of Connecticut Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR)
• 2020: Grant Development Summer Stipends for New Investigators Award, University of Connecticut Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP)
• 2020: Roberta Scofield Memorial Certification Award, The Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC)
• 2016: Alumni Scholarship, Seoul National University Alumni Association (Greater Washington, D.C., area)
• 2015: Alumni Scholarship, Seoul National University Alumni Association (Greater Washington, D.C., area)
• 2015: Student Research Facilitation Award, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Biology & Behavior Across the Lifespan (BBAL) Center of Excellence
• 2015: Mia Loizeaux Scholarship, University of Maryland School of Nursing
• 2014: Travel Award, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Doctoral Student Organization
• 2013: Mia Loizeaux Scholarship, University of Maryland School of Nursing
• 2012 – 2014: Dean Scholarship, University of Maryland School of Nursing

Selected Publications

Curriculum Vitae