Jonathan Yen Lab Team

Dr. Jonathan Yen brings more than a decade of expertise in stem cell biology and gene therapy to the research and treatment of pediatric blood disorders. He received his PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and completed his postdoctoral fellowship in Chemical Biology and Therapeutics at Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research. As a faculty member and director of the Therapeutic Genome Engineering lab at St. Jude, Dr. Yen leads research efforts to advance genome engineering and its applications for treating blood disorders. His efforts advance the use of genome engineering for upcoming clinical trials and clinical protocols.