Research Summary
Yiwey Shieh, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Shieh is a general internist and clinical epidemiologist interested in improving the delivery of breast cancer screening and prevention through the use of risk stratification tools. His current work uses clinical risk factors, breast density, and genetic variants to refine individualized risk assessment, especially as it pertains to disease biology. As a clinician-investigator, he is particularly interested in how such tools can be used to improve clinical decision-making.
Research Funding
July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2024 - Prediction of interval breast cancer risk using genetic variants , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: K08CA237829
June 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019 - UCSF CTSI KL2 Career Development Award , KL2 Scholar . Sponsor: NIH/NCATS, Sponsor Award ID: 1KL2TR001870
Education
Harvard University, AB, 06/2006, Biology, Cum Laude
University of California, San Francisco, MD, 06/2012, Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Resident, 06/2015, Internal Medicine-Primary Care
University of California, San Francisco, Primary Care Research Fellow, 06/2017
UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Master of Advanced Study 06/2017 Clinical Research