Emily Yee

Emily Yee is a member of the Lab Ops team where she assists in maintaining operational standards for wet and dry lab spaces while supporting member companies’ needs across both Chicago sites. Throughout her career, Emily continuously strives to serve her community while supporting advancements of research and discovery in medicine. From working in patient care settings to benchwork experiments, her goal is to support the delivery of translational sciences into medical practice. Her past research experience includes assisting in T2D research that aimed to understand the role of lipid protein, perilipin 5, and its mechanisms behind beta cell failure at the University of Iowa. She went on to complete her MS degree at Rush University and focused on orthopedic research by studying histopathological features and markers in hip and spine tissues seen in cam-type FAIS and IVDD. Emily has completed 5 years of active-duty service in the US Navy and currently serves as a Naval reservist.