Iris Yuefan Shao

Iris Yuefan Shao, PhD, MPH, is a skilled researcher currently working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of California, San Francisco since November 2022, while also serving as the Vice President of Consulting for Biotech Connection - Bay Area, Inc. since 2023. Prior experiences include being a Principal Investigator at the University of Michigan from 2019 to 2022, where Iris led a pilot grant at the Center for the Assessment of Tobacco Regulations in collaboration with Georgetown University. Additional roles encompass a Summer Consultant position at Boston Consulting Group in 2021, participation in the Complex Systems Summer School at the Santa Fe Institute in 2021, and earlier research and internship roles at the University of Michigan and Columbia University Medical Center. Iris holds a PhD from Emory University, a Master of Public Health from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and a Bachelor of Science in Biopsychology, Cognition and Neuroscience from the University of Michigan, complemented by an International Baccalaureate from UWC Mahindra College.