Dr. Dang is an Assistant Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine, a core faculty member at the Huffington Center on Aging and a member of the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center. His laboratory studies epigenetic regulation mechanisms of aging and age-associated diseases. His research uses yeast replicative aging as a model, together with human primary cell lines and adult stem cells, to study evolutionarily conserved epigenetic pathways during aging and development of age-related diseases.