Wei-JenYankelevichDOPhD(She/Her)

[Pronunciation: way-Jen yankee-leh-vich]

Family Medicine • Washington, DC

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Office
765 Kenilworth Terr NE
Washington, DC 20019
Phone+1 202-469-4699
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Education & Training

Wright Center for Graduate Medical EducationFamily Medicine, 2021 - 2024
Michigan State University College of Osteopathic MedicineClass of 2021, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Washington University in St. LouisPhD, Immunology

Certifications & Licensure

MD State License 2024 - 2025
DC State License 2022 - 2024

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Civic Health Fellowship Vot-ER, 2023
Digital Health Fellowship Doximity, 2023

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

261 citations
MAIT cells are critical for optimal mucosal immune responses during in vivo pulmonary bacterial infection
Anda I. Meierovics, Wei-Jen Chua Yankelevich, Siobhán C. Cowley> ;Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2013 Aug 13
8 citations
Immunology: Vitamins prime immunity
Wei-Jen Chua, Ted H. Hansen> ;Nature. 2012 Nov 29
1451 citations
Gene-expression profiles and transcriptional regulatory pathways that underlie the identity and diversity of mouse tissue macrophages
Emmanuel L. Gautier, Tal Shay, Jennifer Miller, Melanie Greter, Claudia Jakubzick, Stoyan Ivanov, Julie Helft, Andrew Chow, Kutlu G. Elpek, Simon Gordonov, Amin R. Maz...> ;Nature Immunology. 2012 Nov 1
222 citations
Polyclonal mucosa-associated invariant T cells have unique innate functions in bacterial infection.
Wei-Jen Chua, Steven M. Truscott, Christopher S. Eickhoff, Azra Blazevic, Daniel F. Hoft, Ted H. Hansen> ;Infection and Immunity. 2012 Sep 1
67 citations
Endogenous MHC-Related Protein 1 Is Transiently Expressed on the Plasma Membrane in a Conformation That Activates Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells
Wei-Jen Chua, Sojung Kim, Nancy B. Myers, Shouxiong Huang, Lawrence Yu, Daved H. Fremont, Michael S. Diamond, Ted H. Hansen> ;Journal of Immunology. 2011 Apr 15
8 citations
Bacteria, mucosal-associated invariant T cells and MR1.
Wei-Jen Chua, Ted H. Hansen> ;Immunology and Cell Biology. 2010 Aug 24
492 citations
Human Mucosal Associated Invariant T Cells Detect Bacterially Infected Cells
Marielle C. Gold, Stefania Cerri, Susan Smyk-Pearson, Meghan E. Cansler, Todd M. Vogt, Jacob Delepine, Ervina Winata, Gwendolyn Swarbrick, Wei Jen Chua, Yik Y. L. Yu, ...> ;Plos Biology. 2010 Jun 29
219 citations
Ubiquitination of serine, threonine, or lysine residues on the cytoplasmic tail can induce ERAD of MHC-I by viral E3 ligase mK3.
Xiaoli Wang, Roger A. Herr, Wei Jen Chua, Lonnie Lybarger, Emmanuel J. H. J. Wiertz, Ted H. Hansen> ;The Journal of Cell Biology. 2007 May 21
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