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Xianrui Yang, DMD, PhD : Bio and credentials

Orthodontist

Additional languages:
Chinese
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My bio

Dr. Xianrui “Sherry” Yang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthodontics and Courtesy Faculty in the Department of Oral Biology at the University of Florida College of Dentistry (UFCD). Dr. Yang obtained her DMD, PhD, and orthodontics training from the West China School of Stomatology. Since the first year of her PhD, she has been at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, working on extracellular biology and intracellular signaling mechanisms in the Department of Developmental Biology. She continued her postdoctoral research fellowship at Harvard University and then pursued her orthodontics residency and master of science at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry.

Dr. Yang is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics.

Dr. Yang has been conducting research in both basic science and clinical orthodontics. She has published over 50 articles and served as an editor and reviewer for multiple scientific journals. At UFCD, Dr. Yang continues treating patients, teaching students, and running her research lab. Her interests include the mechanobiology of tooth movement and clinical translational research.

Board certifications

  • 2024 CDCA-WREB-CITA

    American Board of Dental Examiners

  • 2024 INBDE

    National Board Dental Examination

  • 2024 Orthodontics

    American Board of Orthodontics

Education

  • Orthodontics Residency & MS

    University of Michigan School of Dentistry, 2021-2024

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

    Harvard School of Dental Medicine/ Harvard University, 2018-2021

  • DMD, MDS, PhD

    West China School of Stomatology, 2008-2018

Specialties

Subspecialties

Additional languages

  • Chinese

Gender

Female

Accomplishments

  • AIMM Young Investigator Awardee

    ASBMR, 2026

  • ASBMR THRIVE Scholar

    American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 2025

  • Graber Family Teaching & Research Award

    American Association of Orthodontists Foundation, 2025

  • Charles J. Burstone Research Aid Award

    American Association of Orthodontists Foundation, 2023

  • Voice of the Future Innovator Award

    APEC, 2020

  • Forbes China 30 Under 30

    Forbes, 2019

  • Valedictorian

    West China School of Stomatology, 2018

  • nominated for Person of the Year of national university students

    Ministry of Education of People’s Republic of China, 2015

  • Valedictorian

    West China School of Stomatology, 2015

  • Tang Lixin Scholarships and International Travel Awards

    Mr. Lixin Tang, 2012-2019

  • Global Entrepreneurship Challenge

    University of Oxford, 2012

  • Global Challenge and Entrepreneurship Forum at UC Berkeley

    Intel, 2011