UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Yuan Pan, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Symptom Research at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Pan’s research program lies in the intersection of neuroscience and nervous system cancer biology and focuses on the pathophysiology of cancer predisposition syndromes such as Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1). Her recent work has revealed that neuronal activity synchronizes with germline Nf1 mutation to drive the initiation and maintenance of optic pathway glioma. Dr. Pan’s research group focuses on understanding the interaction between neurons and glia and how these interactions are dysregulated by genetic mutations. Dr. Pan was awarded the DoD NFRP Early Investigator Award, the ALSF Young Investigator Award, and the CPRIT Recruitment of First-Time Tenure-Track Faculty Award.