Yuan Chang
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University of Utah (MD)
Yuan Chang | |
|---|---|
| 張遠 | |
 Chang in 2017 | |
| Born | November 17, 1959 |
| Alma mater | Stanford University (BS) University of Utah (MD) |
| Known for | Discovery of the human cancer viruses KSHV and MCV |
| Spouse | Patrick S. Moore |
| Awards | Meyenburg Prize (1997) Robert Koch Prize (1998) Charles S. Mott Prize (2003) Paul Marks Prize (2003) American Cancer Society Professorship Clarivate Citation Laureate (2017) Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (2017) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Virology, pathology |
| Institutions | University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Columbia University |
Yuan Chang (simplified Chinese: 张远; traditional Chinese: 張遠; pinyin: Zhāng Yuǎn; born 17 November 1959) is a Taiwanese-born American virologist and pathologist who co-discovered together with her husband, Patrick S. Moore, the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and Merkel cell polyomavirus, two of the seven known human oncoviruses.
Chang was born in Taiwan and moved to the United States as a young child. She was raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, and earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) from Stanford University and then a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) from the University of Utah College of Medicine. Chang trained in neuropathology at Stanford University under the noted clinical neuropathologist, Dikran Horoupian, publishing studies on eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. During this period she contributed to studies led by her friend, Julie Parsonnet, showing that Helicobacter pylori is a cause for gastric cancer.
