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Ke received her PhD in Biology from Temple University, PA, and was then a postdoctoral fellow at the Division of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine at Stanford University when she joined the faculty. Ke has been recognized nationally as a Parker B Francis Fellow, a fellow of American Heart Association (AHA) and a recipient of AHA Scientist Development Grant, Cournand and Comroe Young Investigator Award.
I enjoy reading, painting, jogging and watching TV shows. My fav movies are Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars & Star Trek. I wish I could be the one with Force and the Force is always with me.
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Tim Klouda DO
After attending medical school at the University Of New England College Of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford, ME I moved to Philadelphia, PA to complete a pediatric residency at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children. There I decided to pursue a career in pediatric pulmonology and started fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital in July 2019. I joined Ke Yuan’s lab in September 2020 with an interest in studying pericyte’s role in the development pulmonary hypertension induced by sheer stress. Our research uses the murine pneumonectomy model and investigates not only pericytes but the contribution of other vascular cells in the development of pulmonary hypertension. My other clinical and research interests include lung transplantation and the vascular malformations. In my spare time I enjoy trying new restaurants in the city and spending time with my fiancée Amy and puppy Penelope.
Yunhye Kim PhD
Postdocteral Fellow
Yunhye received her M.S/Ph.D. degrees from Department of Integrated Biomedical Science at
Soonchunhyang Institute of Medi-bio Science in South Korea. During her doctoral studies, she
studied cellular force generation by using traction force microscopy (TFM), and stem cell
organoids and their application to tissue regeneration. After her graduation, she joined as a
postdoctoral fellow at Ke Yuan’s lab in 2022. Her objective of current research is to unravel the
mechanism of mural cell behaviors in pulmonary vascular remodeling within pulmonary arterial
hypertension. Yunhye’s ultimate objective is developing in vitro platform to identify novel
therapeutic targets for PAH through an interdisciplinary approach using iPSC, a lineage tracing
mice model, and AI-based screening.
Tiffany Liu BS
Research Assistant
08.31.2021
Tiffany received her B.S. in Medical and Molecular Biology with a minor in Health Psychology from MCPHS University along with a minor in Performing Arts from the Colleges of the Fenway in 2021. She is currently a full time research assistant in the Ke Yuan Lab. Her main project involves studying the intersection between lymphatics and pulmonary arterial hypertension. In her spare time, she likes to attend musicals in the Boston area, read fiction books, and play video games.
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Alumni
Marielle Discipulo, MD，
Research Assistant (2014-2016),
Current Position: Resident with Trinity Health System in Steubenville, OH
"Working with Dr. Yuan was an exceptional learning experience. It was a mixture of proper guidance and autonomy so that I could properly execute our projects. From the very beginning, I was made part of a team and it made me quickly comfortable in the lab. Prior to entering medical school, she acted as a mentor, giving me advice and helping me, especially with my interviewing skills. To this day, I still feel very comfortable reaching out to Dr. Yuan for help. I look back at my time working with her very fondly."