Overview
Background
Professor Ian Yang is a Thoracic Physician and Director of Thoracic Medicine at The Prince Charles Hospital, and Head of the PCH-Northside Clinical Unit, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Availability
- Professor Ian Yang is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Medicine Surgery, The University of Queensland
- Postgraduate Diploma, University of Newcastle
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
- Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, Asian Pacific Society of Respirology
- Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand
Research interests
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Clinical and translational research in chronic lung diseases
Pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of chronic lung diseases, including COPD, asthma, lung cancer, mesothelioma and effects of air pollution
Research impacts
His clinical work is in the field of thoracic medicine, and his research team is studying gene-environmental interaction in COPD, asthma, lung cancer and air pollution. He is involved in the training of higher degree students in translational research into lung diseases.
He is a Chair of the National COPD Guidelines Committee of the Lung Foundation Australia, and a member of the COPD Coordinating Committee. He is Chair of the Medical Programs and Research Advisory Committee of the Asthma Foundation Queensland NSW.
Works
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2016
Journal Article
Airway dysbiosis: Haemophilus influenzae and Tropheryma in poorly controlled asthma
Simpson, Jodie L., Daly, Joshua, Baines, Katherine J., Yang, Ian A., Upham, John W., Reynolds, Paul N., Hodge, Sandra, James, Alan L., Hugenholtz, Philip, Willner, Dana and Gibson, Peter G. (2016). Airway dysbiosis: Haemophilus influenzae and Tropheryma in poorly controlled asthma. European Respiratory Journal, 47 (3), 792-800. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00405-2015
2016
Journal Article
A survey of lung cancer in rural and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Queensland: health views that impact on early diagnosis and treatment
Page, B. J., Bowman, R. V., Yang, I. A. and Fong, K. M. (2016). A survey of lung cancer in rural and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Queensland: health views that impact on early diagnosis and treatment. Internal Medicine Journal, 46 (2), 171-176. doi: 10.1111/imj.12948
2016
Conference Publication
Detection of Microbial Pathogens Using a Multiple Target Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (Qpcr) Array in Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
O'Farrell, H., Shaw, J., Goh, F., Bowman, R., Fong, K. and Yang, I. (2016). Detection of Microbial Pathogens Using a Multiple Target Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (Qpcr) Array in Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. 21st Congress of the APSR 2016, Bangkok, Thailand, 12–15 November 2016. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/resp.12939_14
2016
Journal Article
Blood cytotoxic/inflammatory mediators in non-eosinophilic asthma
Hodge, S., Hodge, G., Simpson, J. L., Yang, I. A., Upham, J., James, A., Gibson, P. G. and Reynolds, P. N. (2016). Blood cytotoxic/inflammatory mediators in non-eosinophilic asthma. Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 46 (1), 60-70. doi: 10.1111/cea.12634
2016
Conference Publication
Intratumoral genomic heterogeneity of primary pulmonary adenocarcinoma in never smokers
Daniels, Marissa G., Krause, Lutz, Ellis, Jonathan J., Yang, Ian A., Bowman, Rayleen V., Relan, Vandana, Chee, Kelly, Goh, Felicia, Parris, Brielle, Morrison, Leanne, Martins, Maria, Passmore, Linda, McCaul, Elizabeth, Courtney, Deborah, Duhig, Edwina, Windsor, Morgan, Naidoo, Rishendran and Fong, Kwun M. (2016). Intratumoral genomic heterogeneity of primary pulmonary adenocarcinoma in never smokers. Meeting of the American-Association-for-Cancer-Research (AACR) Precision Medicine Series - Integrating Clinical Genomics and Cancer Therapy, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, 13-16 June 2015. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1158/1557-3265.PMSCLINGEN15-24
2015
Journal Article
Précis of the COPD clinical guidelines (The 'even more concise' guide to COPD)
Yang, Ian, McDonald, Christine and Dabscheck, Eli (2015). Précis of the COPD clinical guidelines (The 'even more concise' guide to COPD). Medicine Today, 16 (12), 30-38.
2015
Journal Article
How microRNAs orchestrate the lung's biological responses
Yang, Ian A. and Vaughan, Annalicia (2015). How microRNAs orchestrate the lung's biological responses. Respirology, 20 (8), 1149-1150. doi: 10.1111/resp.12647
2015
Journal Article
Lung cancer screening feasibility in Australia
Marshall, Henry M., Bowman, Rayleen V., Ayres, John, Crossin, Jane, Lau, Melanie, Slaughter, Richard E., Redmond, Stanley, Passmore, Linda, McCaul, Elizabeth, Courtney, Deborah, Leong, Steven C., Windsor, Morgan, Zimmerman, Paul V., Yang, Ian A. and Fong, Kwun M. (2015). Lung cancer screening feasibility in Australia. European Respiratory Journal, 45 (6), 1734-1737. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00208714
2015
Journal Article
Mitosis trumps T stage and proposed international association for the study of lung cancer/American thoracic society/european respiratory society classification for prognostic value in resected stage 1 lung adenocarcinoma
Duhig, Edwina Elizabeth, Dettrick, Andrew, Godbolt, David Burleigh, Pauli, John, van Zwieten, Anthony, Hansen, Aaron Richard, Yang, Ian Anthony, Fong, Kwun Meng, Clarke, Belinda E. and Bowman, Rayleen V. (2015). Mitosis trumps T stage and proposed international association for the study of lung cancer/American thoracic society/european respiratory society classification for prognostic value in resected stage 1 lung adenocarcinoma. Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 10 (4), 673-681. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000446
2015
Journal Article
Year in review 2014: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma and airway biology
Lim, Tow Keang, Ko, Fanny W.S., Thomas, Paul S., Grainge, Chris and Yang, Ian A. (2015). Year in review 2014: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma and airway biology. Respirology, 20 (3), 510-518. doi: 10.1111/resp.12488
2015
Journal Article
Anti-inflammatory deficiencies in neutrophilic asthma: reduced galectin-3 and IL-1RA/IL-1 beta
Gao, Peng, Gibson, Peter G., Baines, Katherine J., Yang, Ian A., Upham, John W., Reynolds, Paul N., Hodge, Sandra, James, Alan L., Jenkins, Christine, Peters, Matthew J., Zhang, Jie and Simpson, Jodie L. (2015). Anti-inflammatory deficiencies in neutrophilic asthma: reduced galectin-3 and IL-1RA/IL-1 beta. Respiratory Research, 16 (5) 5, 5. doi: 10.1189/s12931-014-0163-5
2015
Conference Publication
Electronic nose as a tool for detecting COPD and emphysema in smokers
Dent, A., Bowman, R., Zimmerman, P., Fong, K. and Yang, I. (2015). Electronic nose as a tool for detecting COPD and emphysema in smokers. Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand and the Australian & New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science, Annual Scientific Meeting, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 27 March–1 April 2015. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell.
2015
Journal Article
The current and future roles of genomics
Fong, Kwun M., Daniels, Marissa, Goh, Felicia, Yang, Ian A. and Bowman, Rayleen V. (2015). The current and future roles of genomics. ERS Monograph, 2015, 79-94. doi: 10.1183/2312508X.10009614
2015
Conference Publication
Inter-, and Intratumoural Genomic Heterogeneity of Primary Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma in Never Smokers
Daniels, Marissa, Krause, Lutz, Ellis, Jonathan, Yang, Ian A., Bowman, Rayleen V., Relan, Vandana, Chee, Kelly, Goh, Felicia, Parris, Brielle, Morrison, Leanne, Martins, Maria, Mccaul, Elizabeth, Passmore, Linda, Courtney, Deborah, Duhig, Edwina, Naidoo, Rishendran, Fong, Kwun and Windsor, Morgan (2015). Inter-, and Intratumoural Genomic Heterogeneity of Primary Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma in Never Smokers. 16th World Conference on Cancer, Denver, CO, United States, 6-9 September 2015. New York, United States: Elsevier.
2015
Journal Article
Removal of Organic Content from Diesel Exhaust Particles Alters Cellular Responses of Primary Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells Cultured at an Air-Liquid Interface
Vaughan, Annalicia, Stevanovic, Svetlana , Morrison, Leanne E. , Pourkhesalian, Ali Mohammad , Rahman, Mostafizur , Zare, Ali , Miljevic, Branka , Goh, Felicia , Relan, Vandana , Bowman, Rayleen V. , Fong, Kwun M. , Bottle, Steven E. , Ristovski, Zoran D. and Yang, Ian A. (2015). Removal of Organic Content from Diesel Exhaust Particles Alters Cellular Responses of Primary Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells Cultured at an Air-Liquid Interface. Journal of Environmental & Analytical Toxicology, 05 (05). doi: 10.4172/2161-0525.1000316
2015
Journal Article
DNA methylation transcriptionally regulates the putative tumor cell growth suppressor ZNF677 in non-small cell lung cancers
Heller, Gerwin, Altenberger, Corinna, Schmid, Bianca, Marhold, Maximilian, Tomasich, Erwin, Ziegler, Barbara, Mullauer, Leonhard, Minichsdorfer, Christoph, Lang, Gyorgy, End-Pfutzenreuter, Adelheid, Dome, Balazs, Arns, Britt-Madeleine, Fong, Kwun M., Wright, Casey M., Yang, Ian A., Klepetko, Walter, Zielinski, Christoph C. and Zochbauer-Muller, Sabine (2015). DNA methylation transcriptionally regulates the putative tumor cell growth suppressor ZNF677 in non-small cell lung cancers. Oncotarget, 6 (1), 394-408. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.2697
2015
Conference Publication
Organic content of diesel emission particles and human bronchial epithelial cell responses to primary and aged diesel emissions
Vaughan, A., Stevanovic, S., Morrison, L., Pourkhesalian, A., Rahman, M., Zare, A., Miljevic, B., Ristovski, Z., Goh, F., Relan, V, Bowman, R., Fong, K. and Yang, I (2015). Organic content of diesel emission particles and human bronchial epithelial cell responses to primary and aged diesel emissions. Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand and the Australian & New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science, Annual Scientific Meeting 2015, Gold Coast, Australia, 27 March – 1 April 2015. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL. doi: 10.1111/resp.12495_3
2014
Journal Article
Anxiety and depression-important psychological comorbidities of COPD
Pumar, Marsus I., Gray, Curt R., Walsh, James R., Yang, Ian A., Rolls, Tricia A. and Ward, Donna L. (2014). Anxiety and depression-important psychological comorbidities of COPD. Journal of Thoracic Disease, 6 (11), 1615-1631. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.09.28
2014
Journal Article
Implementing clinical guidelines for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: barriers and solutions
Overington, Jeff D., Huang, Yao C., Abramson, Michael J., Brown, Juliet L., Goddard, John R., Bowman, Rayleen V., Fong, Kwun M. and Yang, Ian A. (2014). Implementing clinical guidelines for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: barriers and solutions. Journal of Thoracic Disease, 6 (11), 1586-1596. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.11.25
2014
Journal Article
Biomarkers of progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Shaw, Janet G., Vaughan, Annalicia, Dent, Annette G., O'Hare, Phoebe E., Goh, Felicia, Bowman, Rayleen V., Fong, Kwun M. and Yang, Ian A. (2014). Biomarkers of progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Journal of Thoracic Disease, 6 (11), 1532-1547. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.11.33
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Ian Yang is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Diagnosis and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Improving approaches to the early diagnosis, monitoring and management of patients with COPD
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Lung ageing
Genetics and epigenetics of ageing in the lung
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The lung's response to air pollution
Gene-environment interaction in the lung's response to exposure to air pollutants
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Master Philosophy
Elastin turnover in the lung microenvironment and its significance in Lung Repair and Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC)
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kwun Fong
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Master Philosophy
Elastin turnover in the lung microenvironment and its significance in Lung Repair and Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC)
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Blood biomarkers for lung cancer screening
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kwun Fong, Associate Professor Henry Marshall
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Master Philosophy
A multivariable prediction model for osteoporotic fracture in a lung cancer screening cohort
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kwun Fong, Associate Professor Henry Marshall
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Doctor Philosophy
Molecular drivers of lung cancer.
Associate Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Randomised pragmatic trial of comprehensive tissue sampling enabled by ultrathin bronchoscopic Radial probe EndoBronchial Ultrasound versus CT-guided TransThoracic needle aspiration/biopsy (REBUTT) for evaluation of peripheral pulmonary lesions.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kwun Fong
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Master Philosophy
A multivariable prediction model for osteoporotic fracture and low bone density in a lung cancer screening cohort
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kwun Fong, Associate Professor Henry Marshall
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Doctor Philosophy
Precision medicine in the genomic era: emerging technologies for molecular profiling of lung cancer
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kwun Fong
Completed supervision
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2021
Master Philosophy
The Clinical Journey of Patients with a Severe Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): from the Ambulance to the Emergency Department to the Hospital Ward
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kwun Fong
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic applications of extracellular vesicles in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kwun Fong
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2019
Master Philosophy
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for patients with chronic lung disease and psychological comorbidities undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kwun Fong
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
The response of human bronchial epithelial cells to outdoor air pollution: Interventions to protect the diseased lung against diesel emission exposure
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kwun Fong
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2012
Master Philosophy
Genetic influences on right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kwun Fong, Associate Professor Paul Zimmerman
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Population-wide outcomes of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Isuru Ranasinghe
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Air pollution and child health in low- and middle-income countries
Associate Advisor
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS UNDERLYING PROGRESSION OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD)
Joint Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kwun Fong
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Screening For Biomarkers in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kwun Fong
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Using proteomics to understand and prevent asthma exacerbations with macrolide antibiotics
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor John Upham
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
The Association Between Maternal and Childhood Environmental Exposures and Mental Health and Cognitive Function of Australian Children.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Gita Mishra
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Evaluation of Pleural Fluid Extracellular Vesicles for Diagnostic Utility in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kwun Fong
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Evaluating NanoString Technology to Enhance the Molecular Characterisation of Lung Cancer
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kwun Fong
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Retrospective cohort studies on the lung cancer secondary care diagnostic pathway: Factors that influence waiting time intervals and patient experience
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kwun Fong
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
The Role of Exhaled Breath Analysis in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Lung Diseases
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor David Fielding, Professor Kwun Fong, Associate Professor Paul Zimmerman
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2015
Master Philosophy
Lung cancer in rural and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Queensland: Awareness and identifying health needs in a cultural context.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kwun Fong
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
The Queensland Lung Cancer Screening Study
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kwun Fong, Associate Professor Paul Zimmerman
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Genomic characterisation of asbestos-related lung cancer
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kwun Fong
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Aberrant microRNA Expression in Lung Cancer
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kwun Fong
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
MOLECULAR BIOMARKERS IN THORACIC ONCOLOGY
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kwun Fong
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2008
Master Philosophy
The Genetic Basis of Carvedilol Responsiveness in Human Heart Failure
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Peter Molenaar
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