Address

Department of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Health Sciences Research Building (HSRB)-II, 1750 Haygood Drive NE N248
Atlanta, GA 30322

Contact Information

Email: yyoon5@emory.edu

Dr. Young-sup Yoon

Bruce R. Logue Professor, Emory University
Director of Stem Cell Biology, Emory University
Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering Emory University School of Medicine
Distinguished Professor, Yonsei University
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Yonsei University Medical Center

Biography

Dr. Yoon is Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, and Director of Stem Cell Biology at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Yoon’s research focus is cardiovascular regeneration with stem cells and bioengineering.

Dr. Yoon published more than 100 papers in high profile journals including Nature Medicine, JCI, Circulation, Circulation Research, JACC, and ACS Nano. Dr. Yoon received many awards over the past decade. Dr. Yoon was a finalist in both AHA and ACC Young Investigator Awards. Dr. Yoon is Fellow of AHA, a chartered member of NIH study section, and a member of editorial boards of Circulation Research, Regenerative Medicine, PLOS One, and others. He also received several awards from Emory University including Faculty Excellence in 2014, Innovation of 2012 Award, and Outstanding Basic Research Citation Award in 2011. He was also elected as prestigious member of American Society for Clinical Investigation as the first Korean medical school graduates.

The goal of his laboratory is to develop a strategy for regenerating cardiovascular diseases using stem cells and tissue engineering technologies. Dr. Yoon’s laboratory has focused on generating stem or progenitor cells including induced pluripotent stem cells, multipotent bone marrow cells, and angio-vasculogenic cells, and developing various methods to differentiate these cells into endothelial cells and cardiomyocytes. His laboratory investigates their therapeutic utility in cardiovascular diseases such as peripheral vascular disease including diabetic complications, myocardial infarction, lymphedema and diabetic neuropathy. Mechanistically, the research focuses on angiogenesis, vasculogenesis, lymphangiogenesis and cardiomyogenesis. Recently, his research is extended into bioengineering of stem cells, reprogramming of somatic cells into target cells and restoring the function of damaged stem or progenitor cells by epigenetic modifications.

Education

  1. 1998

    Ph.D.

    Yonsei University, Graduate School of Medicine, Korea
  2. 1992

    M.S.

    Yonsei University, Graduate School of Medicine, Korea
  3. 1989

    M.D.

    Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Korea
  4. 1985

    Pre-medicine

    Yonsei University, College of Science, Korea

Professional Appointments

  1. 2002-2003
    Investigator
    Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Division of Cardiovascular Research, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
  2. 2003 – 2007
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
  3. 2006 – 2008
    Director of Stem Cell Biology
    Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
  4. 2007 – 2008
    Associate Professor of Medicine
    Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
  5. 2008 – 2013
    Associate Professor of Medicine
    Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
  6. 2013 – present
    Professor of Medicine
    Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Honors and Awards

  • 2000
    American Heart Association Fellowship Grant Award (New England Affiliate)
    American Heart Association
  • 2000
    Young Investigator Award, Finalist
    International Session of Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Society of Circulation
  • 2002
    Young Investigator Award, Finalist
    13th Annual Meeting of Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology, Boston, USA
  • 2003
    Scientist Development Grant
    American Heart Association, National Center
  • 2003
    Earl Charlton Research Award for new faculty
    Tufts University School of Medicine
  • 2003
    Melvin Marcus Young Investigator Award, Finalist
    American Heart Association
  • 2004
    Young Investigator Award in Physiology, Pharmacology and Pathology, Finalist
    American College of Cardiology
  • 2006
    Winner (Fellow, Hyun-Jai Cho), Basic Science Award
    Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center Annual Research Day
  • 2007
    Winner (Fellow, Bianling Liu), Basic Science Award
    Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center Annual Research Day
  • 2010
    American Heart Association-ATVB Travel Award for post-doc fellow (Changwon Park)
    American Heart Association
  • 2010
    Superior Reviewer Award
    Circulation Research
  • 2011
    Outstanding Basic Research Citation Award
    Department of Medicine, Emory University
  • 2011
    Superior Reviewer Award
    Circulation Research
  • 2013
    Emory University’s Innovation of 2012 award
    Emory University