Ya-Chi Ho, MD, PhD

Ya-Chi Ho, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Microbial Pathogenesis
Yale University School of Medicine

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Ya-Chi Ho received her MD from National Cheng Kung University in 2002 (Phi Tau Phi) and clinical training as a resident in internal medicine and a clinical fellow in infectious diseases at National Taiwan University Hospital. She received her Master’s Degree in Medical Sciences at the Clinical Medicine Graduate Institute, National Taiwan University. After one year of clinical practice as an infectious disease physician at National Taiwan University Hospital, Yun-Lin Branch, she pursued her PhD training at the Cellular and Molecular Medicine Program at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2008, mentored by Dr. Robert F. Siliciano. She received her PhD in September 2013 for work on molecular mechanisms of HIV persistence (Phi Beta Kappa and Michael Shannoff/Johns Hopkins Young Investigator’s award). She was promoted to a faculty position (research associate) in October 2014 and entered tenure-track (as an instructor in January 2016 and an assistant professor in April 2017) at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She started her independent position as a tenure-track assistant professor at the Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine in September 2017. Her goal is to use basic science approaches to find a cure for HIV.

Dr. Ho has received numerous awards, including a NIH R21, a W. W. Smith Charitable Foundation AIDS Research Award, a Gilead AIDS Research Grant, Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research Faculty Developmental Award, Yale Top Scholar award, Anderson Fellowship and Gilead HIV Scholar award.