Dr. Di Yan is an Assistant Professor of Dermatology and an Affiliate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where she runs the psoriasis subspecialty clinic. She holds a dual MD-MS degree in clinical research and completed her dermatology residency at the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology at New York University (NYU) Langone, where she served as chief resident, and a dermatopathology fellowship at Stanford University. Dr. Yan has extensive research experience spanning clinical, translational, and basic sciences. A recipient of multiple competitive fellowships and research grants through the National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF) and the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA), her work has been published in high-impact journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), Science Immunology, and the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (JAAD). Currently, Dr. Yan’s research focuses on using molecular techniques to enhance diagnostic dermatopathology and understand how host-microbe interactions contribute to autoimmune inflammation.

Dr. Yan will study with IPC Councilor Alex Tsoi at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.