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Won Jin Ho, MD
Medical Oncology
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Won Jin Ho
Professional Titles
- Director, Mass Cytometry Facility
- Associate Director, Convergence Institute
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Oncology
Background
Dr. Won Jin Ho is a physician-scientist at Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins who focuses on cancer immunology and tumor microenvironment research.
Dr. Ho received his BS and MS in Biomedical Engineering from University of California, Los Angeles, and his MD from Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Ho completed a research track internal medicine residency as an NIH F32 postdoctoral fellow at Case Western Reserve University and subsequently completed a medical oncology fellowship at Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins as the recipient of ASCO Young Investigator Award and AACR Immuno-Oncology Fellowship.
Dr. Ho's overarching research interest is to develop novel immunotherapeutic strategies even against immune-resistant cancers by first understanding the immune responses to current therapeutics. Dr. Ho focuses on determining the systemic and in situ changes by leveraging cutting-edge technologies. With his expertise in mass cytometry, Dr. Ho is co-leading many of the systemic and spatial immune profiling efforts at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Ho also is developing novel small-molecule cancer therapeutics and methodologies for translational discovery.
Centers and Institutes
- Cancer Immunology
- Convergence Institute
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Lab Website
WJH Lab - Lab Website
Honors
- Catalyst Award, 2024
- Harrington Scholar-Innovator Award, Harrington Discovery Institute, 7/1/23
- MacMillan Pathway to Independence Award, 2020
- AACR-Incyte Immuno-Oncology Research Award, 2019
- ASCO Young Investigator Award, 2019
- AACR Aspen Workshop (selected participant), 2016
- CWRU Department of Medicine Research Award, 2016
- Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award, 2015
- Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award, 2014
- WSU School of Medicine Distinction in Biomedical Research, 2013
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 2012
- Edward K. Rice Outstanding Master's Student Award, 2009
Graduate Program Affiliations
- CMM
- Pathobiology
- Immunology
Memberships
- AACR
- SITC
Locations
- Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Center
- 201 North Broadway Street, Viragh BLDG 5th FL, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-8964
- fax: 410-367-2194
Expertise
Education
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellowship, Oncology, 2020University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Residency, Internal Medicine, 2017Wayne State University School of Medicine
Medical Education, MD, 2013Board Certifications
Medical Oncology
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2019Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2016Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)