Moonjung Jung, MD, MS

Primary Academic Title

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Background

Additional Academic Titles

Assistant Professor of Oncology, Assistant Professor of Genetic Medicine

Contact for Research Inquiries

720 Rutland Avenue
Ross Research Building Rm 1032
Baltimore, MD 21205

Research Interests

Anemia, Aplastic anemia, Bone marrow failure, DNA repair disorders, Fanconi anemia, GATA2 deficiency, Leukopenia, Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), Pancytopenia, Thrombocytopenia

Lab Website

Jung Laboratory - Lab Website

Research Summary

Dr. Jung is a physician-scientist with special interests in the area of hematopoiesis, genome maintenance, and bone marrow failure (BMF) syndromes. The overarching goal of Dr. Jung’s research is to understand disease mechanisms of bone marrow failure and develop novel therapies in these areas.

PubMed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1do7l4w8BGpQp/bibliography/public/

Selected Publications

• Jung M and Smogorzewska A. Endogenous formaldehyde destroys blood stem cells. Blood. 2021 April; 137(15):1988-1990.

• Jung M*, Mehta PA*, Jiang CS, Rosti RO, Usleaman G, Correa da Rosa JM, et al. Comparison of the Clinical Phenotype and Haematological Course of Siblings with Fanconi Anemia. British Journal of Haematology, 2020 Aug 31. doi: 10.1111/bjh.17061. * These authors equally contributed.

• Jung M*, Ramanagoudr-Bhojappa R*, van Twest S*, Rosti O, Murphy V, Tan Winne, et al. Association of clinical severity with FANCB variant type in Fanconi anemia. Blood, 2020 Apr 30;135(18):1588-1602. * These authors equally contributed.

• Jung M, Cordes S, Zou J, Yu S, Guitart X, Hong S et al. GATA2 Deficiency and Human Hematopoietic Development Modelled Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Blood Advances, 2018 Dec 11;2(23):3553-3565.

• Schlums H*, Jung M*, Han H, Theorell J, Bigley V, Chiang SC et al. Adaptive NK cells can persist in patients with GATA2 mutation depleted of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. Blood, 2017 Apr 6;129(14):19271939. * These authors equally contributed.

Honors

• Career Pathway to Independence in Blood Science Award for Physician Scientists (K99/R00), National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes, 3/1/20
• Scholar Award (Basic/Translational Research Fellow), American Society of Hematology, 7/1/18
• Translational Research Training in Hematology (TRTH), American Society of Hematology/European Hematology Association, 1/1/15
• Intern of the Year, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, 6/30/10

Memberships

• American Society of Hematology,

  Member

• American Association for Cancer Research,

  Member

• New York Academy of Science,

  Member