Elaine A. Yu, Ph.D., MPH, is an assistant investigator at Vitalant Research Institute, San Francisco. The overarching goals of her research are to improve metabolic health and to mitigate the adverse consequences of metabolic diseases, particularly among people residing in resource-limited environments and considered to have higher risk. She is an epidemiologist with a strong interest in precision health, particularly high-dimensional blood biomarkers such as metabolomic data. Her previous research has included study participants residing in Guatemala, Bangladesh, India and China. She received an award for early career contributions to the alleviation of micronutrient malnutrition from the International Life Sciences Institute in 2016.

Current Positions

Assistant Investigator, Vitalant Research Institute 

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 

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Education & Training

Ph.D., Nutritional Science, Cornell University 

MPH, Global Epidemiology, Emory University 

B.A., Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley

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