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
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 [3]. (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)