Dr. Yan is an Associate Professor in Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Hunan, China. She also is a Visiting Researcher in Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, USA. She accomplished Medicine Degree (2007-2011) at Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University. Then, Dr. Yan received research training and got the Master Degree (2011-2014) and Doctor Degree (2016-2019) at Xiangya Hospital, Central South University. The specialization is Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology. She has received systematic training in anti-cancer treatment at Xiangya Hosital, Central South University, China and Mayo Clinic, USA. Her research mainly focuses on the cancer therapy, with an ultimate goal of translating mechanistic insights gained for new therapeutic modalities. She has published over 80 research papers in prestigious journals, including Mol Cancer (IF=27.401), Nucleic Acids Res (IF=16.971), J Hematol Oncol (IF=17.388), J Thorac Oncol (IF=13.357), Clin Transl Med (IF=11.492), Acta Pharm Sin B (IF=11.413), etc. Presently, she serves as the Associate Editor for BMC Pulm Med and Technol Cancer Res Treat, and the editor board member of Military Med Res, Ann Transl Med, etc.