Yuan Chang | |
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| Born | November 17, 1959 |
| Alma mater | University of Utah (MD) Stanford University |
| Known for | Discovery of the human cancer viruses KSHV and MCV |
| Spouse | Patrick S. Moore |
| Awards | Meyenburg Prize (1997) Robert Koch Prize (1998) Charles S. Mott Prize (2003) Paul Marks Prize (2003) American Cancer Society Professorship Clarivate Citation Laureates (2017) Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (2017) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cancer, Virology, Pathology |
| Institutions | University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Columbia University |
Yuan Chang (simplified Chinese: 张远; traditional Chinese: 張遠; pinyin: Zhāng Yuǎn; born 17 November 1959) is a Taiwanese-born American virologist and pathologist who co-discovered together with her husband, Patrick S. Moore, the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and Merkel cell polyomavirus, two of the seven known human oncoviruses.