Mentored Trainees and Faculty
Professors
Kwang Hun Chun, PhD — Professor, Graduate Schools of Medicine, Gachon University, Korea (2006–2010)
Dae Ho Lee, MD/PhD — Professor, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Gachon University, Korea (2006–2009)
Byung Chul Oh, PhD — Professor, Lee Gil Ya Cancer & Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Korea (2007–2008)
Hu Huang, PhD — Assistant Professor, Depts. of Kinesiology & Physiology, East Carolina University, USA (2007–2011)
Kangduk Choi, PhD — Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, Hankyoung National University, Korea (2010–2011)
Seung Hwan Lee, MD/PhD — Professor, Div. of Endocrinology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic University, Korea (2011–2013)
Hyun Ju Jung, PhD — Professor, Dept. of Oriental Pharmacy, Wonkwang University, Korea (2012–2013)
Ji A Seo, MD/PhD — Professor, Div. of Endocrinology, Korea University College of Medicine, Korea (2012–2014)
Leandro Pereira de Moura, PhD — Assistant Professor, Dept. of Kinesiology, São Paulo State University, Brazil (2012–2014)
Sang Soo Kim, MD/PhD — Professor, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Korea (2015–2017)
Postdoctoral Fellows
Joana Gaspar, PhD — Foreign Visiting Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil (2013)
Thiago Araujo, PhD — Postdoctoral Fellow, Obesity & Comorbidities Research Center, UNICAMP, Brazil (2017–2018)
Zhi-Shuai Hou, PhD — Postdoctoral Fellow, Div. of Endocrinology, BIDMC / Harvard Medical School (2020–2022)
Kellen Rodrigues, PhD — Postdoctoral Fellow, Div. of Endocrinology, BIDMC / Harvard Medical School (2020–present)
Seung Chan Kim, PhD — Postdoctoral Fellow, Div. of Endocrinology, BIDMC / Harvard Medical School (2023–2024)
Minguk Han — Postdoctoral Fellow, Div. of Endocrinology, BIDMC / Harvard Medical School (2024–2025)
Research Fellows & Visiting Scholars
Noboru Furukawa, MD/PhD — Instructor, Dept. of Metabolic Medicine, Kumamoto University, Japan (2003–2005)
Sung Wan Chun, MD/PhD — Associate Professor, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Korea (2016–2017)
Min-Cheol Kang, PhD — Research Professor, School of Marine Biomedical Science, Jeju National University, Korea (2014–2018)
Won Min Hwang, MD/PhD — Associate Professor, Dept. of Nephrology, Konyang University Hospital, Korea (2017–2018)
Dongmee Lim, MD/PhD — Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Konyang University Hospital, Korea (2017–2018)
Hyung Hwan Kim, PhD — Instructor, Div. of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital / HMS (2018–2019)
Hyon Lee, MD — Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurology, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Korea (2018–2020)
Xiaofang Sun, MD — Assistant Professor, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, China (2019–2020)
Soo Jung Choi, MD — Assistant Professor, Dept. of Family Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Korea (2019–2020)
Jungsuk Han, MD — Assistant Professor, Div. of Internal Medicine, Boramae Hospital, SNU, Korea (2019–2020)
Ahmet Aydogan, VMD/PhD — Visiting Scholar, Div. of Endocrinology, BIDMC / Harvard Medical School (2022–2023)
Shengje Fan, PhD — Visiting Scholar, Div. of Endocrinology, BIDMC / Harvard Medical School (2023–2024) Y
e Jee Lim, MD/PhD — Visiting Scholar, Div. of Endocrinology, BIDMC / Harvard Medical School (2023–2024)
Minguk Han — Research Leader / Pre-doctoral Student, Div. of Endocrinology, BIDMC / Harvard Medical School (2024–2025)
Pre-doctoral Students
Ines Lima, PhD — Research Fellow / Medical Student, MEDIR, CEDOC, NOVA Medical School, Portugal (2011–2015)
Paula Quaresma, PhD — Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Brazil (2016–2017)
Natalia Mendes, PhD — Pre-doctoral Student, Obesity & Comorbidities Research Center, UNICAMP, Brazil (2018–2019)
Ge Le, MD — Pre-doctoral Student, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China (2018–2019)
Rodrigo Pereira — Pre-doctoral Student, Dept. of Kinesiology, São Paulo State University, Brazil (2019–2020)
Clara Campolim — Pre-doctoral Student, Div. of Endocrinology, BIDMC / Harvard Medical School (2023–2024)
Lijun Zhang — Pre-doctoral Student, Div. of Endocrinology, BIDMC / Harvard Medical School (2023–2024)
Yingxuan Yan — Pre-doctoral Student, Div. of Endocrinology, BIDMC / Harvard Medical School (2024–2025)
Industry & Instructor
Kazushi Araki, PhD — Group Manager, R&D Division, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Japan (2004–2006) Munehiko Shibata, MD/PhD — Japan Program Clinical Head, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Japan (2017–2018)
Multiple Appointments
Aykut Uner, VMD — Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physiology, Adnan Menderes University, Turkey (2014–2016) — Instructor, Div. of Endocrinology, BIDMC / Harvard Medical School (2018–2023)
Won Mo Yang, PhD — Postdoctoral Fellow, Div. of Endocrinology, BIDMC / Harvard Medical School (2017–2018) — Postdoctoral Fellow, Div. of Endocrinology, BIDMC / Harvard Medical School (2020–2024) — Instructor of Medicine, Div. of Endocrinology, BIDMC / Harvard Medical School (2024–present)