About
Ying-Hui Fu, PhD, is a Professor of Neurology at UCSF and a leading geneticist in the field of sleep and circadian biology. Her research focuses on identifying gene mutations that influence sleep patterns, including those responsible for Familial Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome and Natural Short Sleep. She uses a combination of human genetics and model organisms to understand the molecular mechanisms behind sleep and neurodegeneration. Dr. Fu is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, and Academia Sinica.