Ok Hee Jeon

Korea University College of Medicine

Dr. Ok Hee Jeon earned her Ph.D. degree in biomedical engineering in 2017 from Johns Hopkins University, where she
conducted groundbreaking research on senescent cells and their contribution to the loss of musculoskeletal function
after injury and as a consequence of aging. Her work led to the development of new regenerative and pharmacologic
therapies that target these cells. She then joined the Buck Institute for Research on Aging as a postdoctoral researcher,
where she discovered the phenomenon of senescence propagation as a new mechanism by which senescent cells rise
with age and contribute to aging phenotypes, to a molecular level, identifying circulatory pro-aging proteins produced
by senescent cells at the root of age-related diseases. She is now an assistant professor at the Korea University College
of Medicine, where she is developing innovative therapies for aging and aging-related diseases by using engineering
platforms to target senescent cells. In addition to her achievements in the field of aging, Dr. Jeon's expertise also
includes biomarkers of cellular senescence and musculoskeletal aging.