Xiang Yu, PhDAssistant Professor

  • Dr. Yu is an assistant professor and clinical ethicist in the Institute for Bioethics and Health Humanities. Previously, she was a clinical ethics fellow at the Alden March Bioethics Institute at Albany Medical College. She obtained a PhD in Philosophy from The Ohio State University. Dr. Yu’s research focuses on well-being (especially issues relating to desires), decision-making capacity, and psychiatric ethics.   


    • Ph.D., Philosophy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 2022

    • M.A., Philosophy, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 2015

    • BEcon, Finance, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China, 2013

    • Department of Bioethics & Health Humanities
    • Institute for Bioethics & Health Humanities
  • University Health Clinics, Suite
    1005 Harborside Drive, Galveston, Texas 

    Phone: 409-772-2376

    Email: xiayu@utmb.edu 
    Mailing address: 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas 77555-1150