Jo Lab @ Emory and GA Tech

Christian Park from our lab received the 2026 Suddath Award from the Georgia Tech IBB in recognition of his productivity and hard work. Congratulations, Christian!

Our PhD student Claire Hung received the AHA Predoctoral Fellowship Award! Congratulations, Claire! #AHA #JoLab #Emory #GeorgiaTech

Our research led by Christian Park, Kyung In Baek, and Claire (Ruei-Chun) Hung was just published in Cardiovascular Research. We identified and validated flow-induced reprogramming of endothelial cells (FIRE) under disturbed flow and hypercholesterolemia during atherogenesis.

Our project led by Michael Clark and Yerin Kim was recently published in ATVB! We describe the eNOS-dependent role of HEG1 on endothelial dysfunction, hypertension, and atherosclerosis. Please check it out! ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.11…

Dr. Jo was the recipient of the prestigious 2025 Scientist Award from the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association and the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies for his dedication to the advancement of biomedical field! Hearty congratulations, Dr. Jo!

Huge congratulations to our PhD student Ruei-chun (Claire) Hung for receiving best poster presentation award at GRC Biomechanics in Vascular Biology and Disease 2025!

Our PhD student Christian Park received the NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship Award from the NHLBI! Congratulations, Christian! #JoLabEmory #CoulterBME #NIH #NHLBI #F31 #Atherosclerosis #Emory #GeorgiaTech

Please check out our recently published Nature Cardiovascular Research Comment titled, "A renaissance of cerebral cavernous malformation proteins in vascular physiology."

Jay Bowman-Kirigin (MD/PhD from Washington University in St. Louis) and Michael Clark (MD/PhD from University of Chicago, Internal Medicine Residency from Stanford University) decided to join our lab. Welcome to Jo Lab, Jay and Michael!

Our PhD student, Christian Park, is acknowledged as Top Basic Science Oral Presenter at Emory SOM Cardiology research day. His research focuses on emerging concept of Flow-Induced Reprogramming of Endothelial cells (FIRE) and atherosclerosis. Congratulations Christian!

Thank you, Prof. Lee.

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Terrific work by @JoLab_Emory showing HEG1 alleviates atherosclerosis by regulating KLF2/4 in endothelial cells! Congratulations, Professor Jo and Team!

#Flow #HEG1 #Atherosclerosis #Endothelial #ShearStress #KLF2 #KLF4 #KRIT1

We are thrilled that our HEG1 paper is published in Circulation, accompanied by a podcast and editorial! We show HEG1, a new flow-sensor, protects against atherosclerosis by regulating KLF2/4 in ECs. ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI… ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/pod… ahajournals.org/doi/epdf/10.11…

Leandro Choi (B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University) decided to join our lab. Welcome to Jo Lab, Leo!

In addition to BS/MS program, our undergraduate student Kiyoung Jeong has been accepted to PhD program at Georgia Tech/Emory University. Congratulations Kiyoung!

Ravi Tripathi Ph.D. and Jay Bowman-Kirigin M.D, Ph.D. joined Jo Lab. Dr. Tripathi will focus on novel CEBP-b transcription factor and its roles in atherogenesis. Welcome to Jo Lab!

Our undergraduate student Kiyoung Jeong has been accepted to BS/MS program at Georgia Tech/Emory University. Congratulations Kiyoung!

Our predoctoral student, Christian Park, has been awarded with prestigious The Cardiovascular Biomechanics Graduate Training Grant (CBT@EmTech). The purpose of this program is to train next generation of academic leaders. Congratulations Christian!