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Dr. Qing Yi is a trained medical immunologist with over 25 years of experience as a well-funded and published researcher. He is one of the leading investigators in the fields of tumor immunology and immunotherapy in multiple myeloma and other cancers.
Since arriving in the US in 1998, Dr. Yi has been awarded, as the PI, 9 R01s from NCI, 1 project and 1 core grant in the MDACC Myeloma SPORE (P50), 4 R01-type translational grants from the LLS, 4 Senior Researcher Awards from the MMRF, 2 K99/R00 grants (as the mentor), and numerous intramural and industry grants. Dr. Yi and colleagues have published more than 160 peer-reviewed research articles, with 45 being in top-tier journals with an impact factor of greater than 10.
Prior to his current appointment as Associate Director of the Houston Methodist Cancer Center, Dr. Yi had faculty appointments at Lerner Research Institute at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and Karolinska Hospital and Institute, Sweden.
Research interests
For the past two decades, Dr. Yi's laboratory has been working on the following research:
(1) characterizing myeloma- and tumor-specific T cells and their subsets and examining their functions in relationship to myeloma tumor cells using both in vitro and in vivo approaches
(2) identifying novel myeloma-associated antigens and better methods for immunotherapy
(3) investigating the cross-talk between the tumor microenvironment and the immune system in malignancy
(4) clinical trials to evaluate the efficacy of immunizing patients with idiotype or dendritic cell-based vaccines
(5) exploring immunotherapies using novel myeloma antigens such as DKK1 in multiple myeloma. Our recent research focuses on (a) developing novel therapeutic monoclonal antibodies for myeloma and other cancers, (b) identifying T-cell subsets that have potent anti-tumor effects after adoptive transfer, and (c) identifying tumor microenvironment components that induce tumor drug resistance.
A commentary written by Dr. Edgar Schmitt and Dr. Tobias Bopp in J Clin Invest (122:3857-3859) comments that “During the last two decades the laboratory of Qing Yi has significantly contributed to our current understanding of potential immunotherapies in human malignancies by describing the role of DCs – and particular T cells – in multiple myeloma.”
Education/Academic qualification
Molecular Medicine, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Medicine at the Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Karolinska Institute
1993 → 1995
Medical Sciences, PhD, Doctorate in Medical Sciences (DrMedSci) or Ph.D., Karolinska Institute
1990 → 1993
Medicine, MB MMed, Master of Medicine (MMed), Sun Yat-sen Univ. of Med. Sciences
1983 → 1986
Medicine, MD, Bachelor of Medicine or M.D., Jiangxi Medical College, Jiangxi, P.R. China
1978 → 1983
External positions
Professor of Cancer Biology in Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Oct 1 2019 → …
Research Area Keywords
- Cancer
Free-text keywords
- Hematological malignancies
- Cancer biology
- Cancer immunotherapy
- Myeloma
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Tumor-specific CD8+ Tc9 cells activate host CD4+ T cells to control antigen-lost tumors
1/1/24 → 12/31/28
Project: Federal Funding Agencies
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Role of lipid metabolism in CD8+ T cell ferroptosis
9/19/23 → 8/31/28
Project: Federal Funding Agencies
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Novel mechanism of induction of tumor pyroptosis by IL-9-secreting Tc9 cells
8/1/23 → 7/31/28
Project: Federal Funding Agencies
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Targeting DKK1 with a DNA vaccine to prevent development of multiple myeloma
6/26/23 → 12/25/25
Project: Federal Funding Agencies
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Isolation of adoptively transferred CD8+ T cells in mouse tumor tissues for lipid peroxidation detection
Xiao, L. & Yi, Q., Mar 17 2023, In: STAR Protocols. 4, 1, 101945.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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ALCAM regulates multiple myeloma chemoresistant side population
Wang, F., Dan, Z., Luo, H., Huang, J., Cui, Y., Ding, H., Xu, J., Lin, Z., Gao, Y., Zhai, X., Yang, Y., Qu, Y., Zhang, L., Chen, F., Wang, Q., Wang, X., Feng, Y., Liu, T., Yi, Q., Niu, T., & 1 others , Feb 10 2022, In: Cell Death and Disease. 13, 2, p. 136 136.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Scopus citations -
A novel role of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) in human myeloma resistance to proteasome inhibitors
Su, P., Xiao, L., Ye, L., Wang, Z., Xiong, W., Wang, Q., Ma, X., Xian, M., Yang, M., Zu, Y., Pingali, S. R., Qian, J. & Yi, Q., May 7 2022, In: Journal of Hematology and Oncology. 15, 1, p. 55 55.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations -
Consensus guidelines and recommendations for infection prevention in multiple myeloma: a report from the International Myeloma Working Group
Raje, N. S., Anaissie, E., Kumar, S. K., Lonial, S., Martin, T., Gertz, M. A., Krishnan, A., Hari, P., Ludwig, H., O'Donnell, E., Yee, A., Kaufman, J. L., Cohen, A. D., Garderet, L., Wechalekar, A. F., Terpos, E., Khatry, N., Niesvizky, R., Yi, Q., Joshua, D. E., & 16 others , Feb 2022, In: The Lancet Haematology. 9, 2, p. e143-e161Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Correction: Enhanced Lipid Accumulation and Metabolism Are Required for the Differentiation and Activation of Tumor-Associated Macrophages
Su, P., Wang, Q., Bi, E., Ma, X., Liu, L., Yang, M., Qian, J. & Yi, Q., Mar 1 2022, In: Cancer research. 82, 5, p. 945 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Scopus citations