Dr. Yang received his B.M. degree from Guang Zhou University of TCM in Guang Zhou, China in 1984. He also received his M. M. degree from Guang Zhou University in 1989. Dr. Yang moved to Montana where he received his M.S. degree in 1992 from the University of Montana in Missoula. At Washington State University in Pullman, he received his Ph.D. degree in 1996. His postdoctoral studies were completed at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2000. Dr. Yang joined the UAB faculty in 2008.