SWAGÊÓƵ

PharmD
2013 Palm Beach Atlantic University, FL

M.S.
2000 Seoul National University, South Korea

Bachelor
1998 Seoul National University, South Korea

Research Fellowship

• 2017 Western University of Health Sciences, CA
• 2017 St. Vincent Medical Center, CA
• 3-year Research Fellowship specialized in Organ Transplantation

RPh, Florida
RPh, California

Taught transplant, fluid electrolytes, hematology, renal and gastrointestinal diseases at the school of pharmacy of American University of Health Sciences, CA

My research interests lie at the intersection of nephrology, organ transplantation, and pharmacology, with a focus on improving patient outcomes through evidence-based therapies and translational research.

1. Nguyen, E., Kim, S., Islam M., Chang, Y., Aoyagi J., Hussain A., An entrepreneurial activity implementation and assessment among pharmacy students amid the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, Pharmacy Education (2022), 22, 16-22.
2. Moon J, Chang Y, Shah T, Min DI. Effects of intravenous immunoglobulin therapy and Fc gamma receptor polymorphisms on BK virus nephropathy in kidney transplant recipients. Transpl Infect Dis. (2020);e13300.
3. K. Choi, Y. Chang, T. Shah, D. Min, Analysis of genetic and clinical risk factors of post-transplant thrombocytopenia in kidney allograft recipients. Transplant Immunology, 55 (2019) 101206.
4. Y. Chang, N. Lemp, J. Cicciarelli, D. Min, R. Naraghi, T. Shah, Detecting Glycosylation of Donor Specific Antibodies (DSA) with Single Antigen Beads., Annal. of Transplantation Research. 1 (2018) p1014-5.
5. Y. Chang, T. Shah, J. Yang, D.I. Min, Association of genetic polymorphisms of angiopoietin-like 4 with severity of posttransplant proteinuria in kidney allograft recipients., Transpl. Immunol. 40 (2017) 35–41.
6. Chang, Y., Shah, T., & Min, D. I. Association of Genetic Polymorphisms of Macrophage Inhibitory Factor (MIF) and B-cell Activation Factor (BAFF) with Donor Specific Antibodies in Kidney Allograft Recipients. 2017. Human immunology.
7. J.C. Cicciarelli, N.A. Lemp, Y. Chang, M. Koss, K. Hacke, N. Kasahara, K.M. Burns, D.I. Min, R. Naraghi, T. Shah, Renal Transplant Patients Biopsied for Cause and Tested for C4d, DSA, and IgG Subclasses and C1q: Which Humoral Markers Improve Diagnosis and Outcomes? (2017). Journal of Immunology Research.
8. Chang, Y., Shah, T., Min, D. I., & Yang, J. W. Clinical risk factors associated with the post-transplant anemia in kidney transplant patients. Transplant Immunology. 2016, 38, 50–53.
9. Chang, Y., Schlebach, J.P., VerHeul R.A., & Park, C. Simplified proteomics approach to discover protein-ligand interactions, Protein Science. 2012, 21, 1280-87.
10. Chang, Y., & Park, C. Mapping transient partial unfolding by protein engineering and native-state proteolysis. Journal of Molecular Biology. 2009, 393, 543-56.