A/Prof Dan Yock Young obtained his basic medical degree (MBBS) from the National University of Singapore in 1994. He went on to complete his basic specialty training and obtained a Master of Internal Medicine (MMED S'pore) and membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK, MRCP (UK) in 1998. He obtained his Gastroenterology fellowship from the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (FAMS S'pore) in 2003. From 2003 to 2005, A/Prof Dan was awarded the A*STAR International Fellowship and he spent 2 years at the University of Washington researching liver stem cells and liver regeneration. This work subsequently led to him being awarded a PhD from NUS in 2010.
He has vast clinical interests in hepatology which includes viral hepatitis B and C, liver transplantation and liver cirrhosis. He is a clinician scientist and his interests include the cost-effectiveness of clinical treatments, liver progenitor cells and their therapeutic applications, as well as pathogenesis and treatment targets in liver failure.
A/Prof Dan is an Adjunct at the Cancer Science Institute.
