Nathan Young, PhD

Nathan Young, PhD

Associate Professor
Orthopaedic Trauma Institute - Young Lab
 
Orthopaedic Trauma Institute at Zuckerberg San Francisco General - Trauma & Problem Fractures
 

Publications

Grants

  • A Predictive Developmental Morphospace Model of Cleft Lip
    2020-09-03 - 2021-08-31
    NIH R56DE029124
    Role: Principal Investigator
  • The developmental genetic basis for evolutionary variation in the hominin shoulder
    2015-07-01 - 2018-06-30
    NSF BCS-1518596
    Role: Co-Investigator
  • A Molecular Investigation of Growth and Shape Variation in Cleft-Lip Etiology
    2007-09-01 - 2009-08-31
    NIH F32DE018596
    Role: Principal Investigator

Education

Postdoctoral Studies University of California, San Francisco 2007
Postdoctoral Studies Stanford University 2006
Postdoctoral Studies University of Calgary 2004
Ph.D. Harvard University 2003
B.A. New College of Florida 1995

About Nathan Young, PhD

Nathan M. Young, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and Director of the Oral & Craniofacial Sciences Master of Science Program at the UCSF School of Dentistry. His research focuses on phenomic variation in evolution, health, and disease, with an emphasis on craniofacial and postcranial skeletal development, 3D medical imaging, geometric morphometrics, and human and ape evolution. Young has secured multiple National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF) grants as Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator, exploring topics such as brain-face interactions, cleft lip development, and shoulder morphology in osteoarthritis. With an h-index of 37 and over 5,080 citations, he has published extensively in high-impact journals, including Nature Communications, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Developmental Dynamics. His work integrates evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo) with clinical applications, advancing predictive modeling of craniofacial anomalies and skeletal variation. Young is a dedicated educator, mentoring numerous undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral researchers, and has received awards for teaching and research excellence, including the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Chairman’s Award and the Dean’s Publication and Mentorship Prize from the University of Calgary.