Nicholas A Young
Department of Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, USA
Biography
Nicholas Young is a research scientist in the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. There, he has a role in both management/direction and at the bench in projects associated with myositis, Sjögren’s syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammation, cancer immunology, and exercise science. His collaborative work in this laboratory has shown a bench-to-bedside scope of research starting with basic scientific discovery, moving to animal models, performing preclinical validation, and advancing to human clinical trials with the goal being to identify a diagnostic biomarkers and/or therapeutic targets. Dr. Young has developed team-oriented communication, mentorship, management, and teaching skills through this experience and hopes to use this foundation of microbiology, immunology, and oncology to discover biological solutions through the use of a systems biology approach to treat disease.