Other academic, research, or policy affiliations
Special Volunteer, Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC;
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
Education
2015, PhD (Epidemiology), University of South Carolina
2008, MS (Genetic Epidemiology), Washington University in St. Louis
2005, PhD (Preventive Medicine), The Catholic University of Korea
1999, MMSc (Preventive Medicine), The Catholic University of Korea
1996, MD (Medicine), The Catholic University of Korea
Research Interests
Nutritional Epidemiology; Cancer Epidemiology; Epidemiology of Cardiometabolic Disease including Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, Hypertension and Metabolic Syndrome; Clinical Epidemiology; Environmental Epidemiology; Genetic Epidemiology; Disease Prevention; Social Determinants of Health
My research program focuses on etiology and prevention of breast and other cancers, and cardiometabolic diseases including obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and metabolic syndrome. I am interested in the influence of dietary, genetic, epigenetic, and socio-environmental factors on risk and prognosis of these conditions. My work also considers mechanisms by which dietary patterns and nutrients affect cancer risk. Furthermore, I am pursuing research on disparities in cardiovascular health following diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Ultimately, I hope that my research will provide insight into strategies for effective prevention and intervention of breast and other cancers and cardiometabolic diseases, as well as promoting cardiovascular health in cancer survivors.
Recent Publications
Park YM, Bookwalter DB, O’Brien KM, Jackson CL, Weinberg CR, Sandler DP. A prospective study of type 2 diabetes, metformin use, and risk of breast cancer. Annals of Oncology. 2021 Mar;32(3):351-359. PMID: 33516778 (Selected as one of 2021 Papers of the Year at NIEHS Intramural Research Division and as one of 2021 NIH Intramural Research Program Accomplishments)
Lo JJ †, Park YM, Sinha R, Sandler DP. Association between meat consumption and risk of breast cancer: Findings from the Sister Study. International Journal of Cancer. 2020 Apr 15;146(8):2156-2165. PMID: 31389007 (Altmetric Attention Score of 640; #10 of 10,332 outputs from International Journal of Cancer on January 1, 2021) († Student under my supervision)
Park YM, White AJ, Jackson CL, Weinberg CR, Sandler DP. Association of Exposure to Artificial Light at Night While Sleeping With Risk of Obesity in Women. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2019 Jun 10;179(8):1061-1071. PMID: 31180469 (Altmetric Attention Score of 1424; #58 of 4,344 outputs from JAMA Internal Medicine on January 1, 2021 (Selected as one of 2019 Papers of the Year at NIEHS Intramural Research Division and as one of 2019 NIH Intramural Research Program Accomplishments)
Park YM, Steck SE, Fung TT, Zhang J, Hazlett LJ, Han K, Merchant AT. Mediterranean diet, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) style diet, and metabolic health in U.S. adults. Clinical Nutrition. 2017 Oct;36(5):1301-1309. PMID: 27665232
Park YM, Sui X, Liu J, Zhou H, Kokkinos PF, Lavie CJ, Hardin JW, Blair SN. The effect of cardiorespiratory fitness on age-related lipids and lipoproteins. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2015 May 19;65(19):2091-100. PMID: 25975472