440 Victoria Building
3500 Victoria Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
412-383-7641
F: 412-624-8521
yconley@pitt.edu
Profile
Dr. Conley’s research interests are in the field of molecular genetics. She has a fully equipped molecular genomics laboratory located within the School of Nursing, and her lab is involved with several research projects. Her current research focuses on genomic and epigenomic studies of patient outcomes after traumatic brain injury, stroke, and therapeutic interventions for cancer, as well as genomic studies of age-related macular degeneration.
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Teaching
She is the director of an NIH funded training program titled “Targeted Research and Academic Training for Nurses in Genomics” (T32NR009759) that educates and trains nurses at the predoctoral and postdoctoral levels to incorporate genomics into their research trajectories. She developed and teaches the Advanced Topics in Human Genetics course (NUR2681). Dr. Conley is director of the Post-Baccalaureate and Post Masters Certificate in Health Care Genetics Programs. She also is the chairperson or a member for doctoral dissertation committees for students who wish to have an omics-based component as part of their pre-doctoral work.
Service
Dr. Conley serves the University of Pittsburgh as a member of the University Biohazard Committee, the University Postdoctoral Advisory Committee for the Health Sciences, and a member of the University Multidisciplinary Advisory Committee for the Clinical and Translational Science Scholars Program. She serves the School of Nursing on the schoolwide Curriculum Committee, the PhD Council, and as Vice Chair for Research. Externally, she is a member of the American Society of Human Genetics, the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science, and the International Society of Nurses in Genetics. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and she currently serves on the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research.