Assistant Professor of Pathology
Education
PhD, Washington University in St. Louis, 2010; BS, Korea National Open University, 2005; MD, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 2002
Research Interests
- EGF Family of Proteins
- Cell Dedifferentiation
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Plasticity
- Liver
- Metaplasia
- Stem Cells
- Stomach
- Stomach Neoplasms
Won Jae Huh completed his medical education at the Seoul National University in South Korea. Then he pursued Ph.D. training in Developmental Biology at Washington University in St. Louis. His Ph.D. thesis work with Dr. Jason Mills focused on the transcriptional regulation of gastric chief cell differentiation. Won Jae completed his residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, followed by fellowship in Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He did his postdoctoral research training on EGFR and Notch signaling crosstalk in gastric premalignant conditions with Dr. Robert Coffey at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Won Jae is a recipient of the NIDDK Clinical Scientist Career Development Award. He was an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center prior to joining the...