Background
Dr. Yu joins our faculty after completing a gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Prior to that, she completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Virginia. She earned her medical degree from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine in China and received her graduate degree in biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Active in her research, Dr. Yu’s clinical interests include the diagnosis and management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and chronic diarrhea disease. She is committed to a career as a physician-scientist with focus on host-pathogen interactions and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Dr. Yu’s goal is to translate her research into better patient care especially for those who suffer from diarrhea and IBD.