New Appointment: MBP Welcomes Dr. Yong Zeng

The department of Medical Biophysics is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Yong Zeng, Assistant Professor, to the Department of Medical Biophysics.

Dr. Zeng is a Scientist at Sunnybrook Research Institute and an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. He received his PhD in Systems Engineering from Xiamen University, China, and completed postdoctoral training at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre under the supervision of Dr. Hansen He, where he developed expertise in computational biology and multi-omics data integration. He subsequently served as an Affiliate Scientist in the Genetics and Epigenetics Program at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, under the mentorship of Drs. Mathieu Lupien and Hansen He, where he co-led collaborative research initiatives in liquid biopsy, single-cell multi-omics, and translational cancer research.

Dr. Zeng leads a research program in computational systems biology and translational multi-omics. He develops computational pipelines, analytical frameworks, and machine learning approaches to integrate large-scale molecular datasets, uncover regulatory mechanisms and cellular interactions, and translate these discoveries into clinically actionable biomarkers, therapeutic targets, and precision medicine strategies. He has authored numerous publications in leading journals and is an inventor on multiple U.S. patents in cancer biomarker discovery and RNA biology.

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Zeng to the Department.