Dr. Qing Yan has extensive research experience in translational bioinformatics and systems biology, including more than 14 years as a group leader in the biopharmaceutical industry. He has published numerous research papers and book chapters, and edited six biomedical books including Systems Biology in Drug Discovery and Development: Methods and Protocols and Pharmacogenomics in Drug Discovery and Development. Dr. Yan received a Ph.D. degree in Biological and Medical Informatics from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).