Zooming In and Zooming Out: The Human Oral Microbiome and its Systemic Effects

 Dr. Irene Yang, a 2014 graduate of the University of Louisville School of Nursing PhD Program, is an assistant  professor at Emory University's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.  After completing her PhD, she did a 2-year NIH-funded postdoctoral fellowship at Emory.  Dr. Yang's NIH funded research focuses on the bio-behavioral mechanisms that influence oral health and the relationship between oral health and systemic health. 

Dr. Yang's primary population of interest is the maternal newborn population.  Her particular emphasis is on oral health and tobacco/nicotine dependence.  Dr. Yang has over a decade of bedside clinical experience caring for postpartum women and their newborns.