Dr. Yost has long been committed to the training of graduate students and postdocs, and is currently Director of the Developmental Biology Training Grant among other important contributions. Find more information on the award here.
General overview Adult-onset cardiomyopathy and heart failure in humans is a major health concern. Approximately 5.7 million adults in the US have heart failure,costing an estimated $30.7 billion each year in health care. Using zebrafish as a discovery model, we have found that disruption of a small group of specialized heart cells (called neural crest…
Dr. Joseph Yost has been awarded a five year NIH R25 grant entitled “Genomics Summer Research for Minorities: A Pathway to Promote Diversity in Science Research. This grant is to bring Underrepresented Minorities undergraduates (12 per year) into a program to give them exposure to Genomics and mentor them to apply to graduate or Medical…
Discovery in Clinical Departments Chalk Talk Sponsored by University of Utah Molecular Medicine Program (U2M2) Presents “Ablation of Embryonic Neural Crest Results in Adult-Onset Heart Failure” By H. Joseph Yost, MD,