Departmental Affiliations
Center & Institute Affiliations
Research Interests
Research Keywords: Nutrition, Lifestyle Intervention, Maternal and Child Health, Cardiovascular Diseases, Multi-Omics Profiling, Digital Health Monitoring, Wearables, Machine Learning Modeling
Research Interests:
- Intervention trials to quantify the effects of plant-based food on omics profiles and pathophysiological pathways leading to cardiometabolic diseases
- Assessment of nutritional status and its relationship with omics data and pregnancy/birth outcomes in women of reproductive age and their children
- Meal timing interventions to prevent obesity and diabetes using digital health monitoring technologies
- Machine learning-based dietary pattern identification
Experiences & Accomplishments
Education
RD
UCSF Medical Center
2018
PhD
Cornell University
2017
MS
Yonsei University
2010
BS
Yonsei University
2008
Overview
Dr. Heyjun Park, PhD, RD, is a nutritional scientist with extensive expertise in nutrition, physiology, molecular biology, genetics, epidemiology, and data science, developed through her PhD studies in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University (Minors: Epidemiology and Genomics) and postdoctoral research in the Genetics Department at Stanford University. Dr. Park possesses expertise that bridges fundamental nutritional science with advanced precision health research in disease prevention.