As an assistant professor at Columbia University, founder of the Greater New York City Chapter of SfN (braiNY), and active advocate for science funding, Haung (Ho) Yu’s perspectives on the benefits of outreach are far reaching.
He shares them here, focusing on what chapters, students, and faculty gain — for themselves and society — when they step into the community.
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Haung (Ho) Yu, PhD
Haung Yu is an assistant professor at Taub Institute and in the department of pathology and cell biology at Columbia University. Yu's work focuses on protein quality control in aging and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. He is also the co-president of the Greater New York City SfN Chapter (@ComeBeBraiNY). The chapter brings together like-minded neuroscience organizations to better neuroscience education and outreach. In 2013, the chapter received SfN's International Chapter of the Year award for their efforts. In addition to his academic and outreach work, Yu is an adviser to the Weston Brain Institute and serves on the scientific review board for the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Fund (ADDF).
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