His research interest is to study the effect of amyloid peptides on neuronal cell death during the course of Alzheimer's disease; and this project is currently supported by both the National Institutes of Health and the Alzheimer's Association. Dr. Yang received his Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from University of California, Irvine and his B.S. in Biology from National Taiwan University. He was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, New York University for three years.