Yesol Yang

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First Name
Yesol
Last Name
Yang
Credentials
PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Center for Healthy Aging, Self-Management and Complex Care
Address
360 Newton Hall
Address (Line 2)
295 W. 10th Ave.
City
Columbus
State
OH
Zip Code
43210

Dr. Yesol Yang is a nurse scientist with training in breast cancer (BC) control and survivorship. Her current research focuses on how individual differences in sensitivity to uncertainty relate to cognitive function in BC survivors, using multimodal psychological techniques including functional magnetic resonance imaging and startle eyeblink potentiation. Her overall research goal is to understand the mechanisms underlying cancer-related cognitive impairment in BC survivors and then to develop interventional strategies.

Dr. Yang earned her BSN at Korea University and completed her post-master’s Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner program at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, where she obtained her master’s in nursing education. She completed her PhD at the Duke University School of Nursing and a two-year T32 postdoctoral fellowship at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center.

 

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Yang becomes inaugural recipient of Donna Bovina Sanders and Mary Patricia Armstrong Nursing Cancer Research Endowed Fund

Publications
Funded Research Grants

News

October 21, 2025

New research shows that overall, the prevalence of adverse and positive childhood experiences reported by parents of teenagers hasn’t changed substantially in the United States in recent years. 

The findings suggest that interventions designed to boost positive family experiences and shield children from negative experiences may not be hitting the mark on a national scale, the study’s authors say.

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October 10, 2025

The Ohio State University is investing $14 million into expanding one of its programs.

The university plans to nearly double undergraduate enrollment within the College of Nursing amid a nationwide nursing shortage.

“We need to answer that call, answer the calling to care and help people in the healthcare community,” said Dr. Wendy Bowles, Associate Dean for Baccalaureate Programs at Ohio State’s College of Nursing.