Yoon-Young Jang

Yoon-Young Jang

Yoon-Young Jang
Assistant Professor, Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore, USA

Biography

Yoon-Young Jang, MD, PhD is a Assistant Professor of Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, Oncology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.  She has received MD, PhD from the Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea and has completed fellowpship in Johns Hopkins University. She been a faculty member at Johns Hopkins Oncology Center since 2005 and has awarded three stem cell grants from the Maryland State.

Research Interest

Stem cell biology (Pluripotent stem cells, Cancer stem cells, Hematopoietic stem cells)
Hepatic differentiation of human stem cells
Liver regeneration using animal models of liver diseases
Disease modelling using iPS derived hepatocytes
Stem cell niche biology