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Hyunyoung (Young) Jeong, PharmD, PhD Associate Professor of Pharmacokinetics Departments of Pharmacy Practice and Biopharmaceutical Sciences Mailing address: 833 S. Wood Street (MC 886), Room 164 Chicago, IL 60612 Office: 900 S. Ashland Ave, Room 3220 Laboratory: 900 S. Ashland Ave, Room 3218 Phone: 312-996-7820 Fax: 312-996-0379 E-mail: yjeong at uic edu [1], hyunyoung.jeong at gmail com [2] Research Interests Pharmacokinetics: Altered drug metabolism during pregnancy; Preclinical drug development Molecular Pharmacology: Regulation of hepatic drug-metabolizing enzymes Pharmacogenomics: Pharmacogenomics of drug-metabolizing enzymes Toxicology: Role of gut microbiota in drug-induced toxicity Activities Jeong lab moved to MBRB (September 2015) Young received Chicago Biomedical Consortium Catalyst Award to study roles of gut microbiota in drug toxicity and efficacy. This will be a collaborative work with Dr. Eugene Chang at University of Chicago. (December 2015) Jeong lab moved to Molecular Biology Research Building (MBRB), 900 S. Ashland Ave. (September 2015) Young received an R01 grant entitled "Molecular basis of interindividual variability in CYP2D6-mediated drug metabolism" from National Institute of General Medical Sciences. (July 2015) Young got appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board of Drug Metabolism and Disposition. (April 2015) Xian Pan won 3rd place at predoctoral student poster competition of ASPET Drug Metabolism Division, Experimental Biology 2015. Congratulations! (March 2015) Activities archive Personnel News Xian Pan successfully defended her PhD thesis. Congratulations!! (June 2015). Becca Kent, a PhD student, joined Jeong lab (April 2015). Di Hu, PhD left for a faculty position at Shenyang Pharmaceutical University (April 2015). Jin Kyung Lee, PhD left Jeong lab and went back to Korea with her family (Feb 2014). Sungjoon Cho, a PhD student, joined Jeong lab (Dec 2014). Shu Zhang, a PhD student, joined Jeong lab (May 2014). Personnel archive