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
Altered drug metabolism during pregnancy
Regulation of hepatic drug-metabolizing enzymes
Preclinical drug development
Pharmacogenomics and clinical pharmacokinetics
Activities
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)
Xian Pan won 2nd place at predoctoral student poster competition, UIC College of Pharmacy Research Day. Congratulations! (March 2014)
Jin Kyung Lee won 3rd place at postdoctoral poster competition of ASPET Drug Metabolism Division, Experimental Biology 2013. Congratulations! (April 2013)
Xian Pan won 3rd place at predoctoral student poster competition of ASPET Drug Metabolism Division, Experimental Biology 2013. Congratulations! (April 2013)
Yan-Yan Zhang and Xian Pan received travelship awards from American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics to attend Experimental Biology 2013 held in Boston. Congratulations! (February 2013)
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).
Di Hu, PhD joined Jeong lab as a postdoctoral research associate (June 2013). Di is a recent graduate from Shenyang Pharmaceutical University.
Yan-Yan Zhang, PhD left for a scientist position at GSK Shanghai (May 2013).
Wei Li, PhD joined Jeong lab as a visiting postdoctoral research associate (July 2012). Wei is a lecturer at Medical College of Yangzhou University and plans to stay in Jeong lab until July 2013.
Jin Kyung Lee, PhD joined Jeong lab as a postdoctoral research associate (July 2012). Jin received her PhD from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.