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Won Jin Ho

Won Jin Ho, MD

Medical Oncology

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Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

Languages

  • Korean
  • English

14 Insurances Accepted

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Gender

Male

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

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

  1. Skip Viragh Outpatient Cancer Center
    • 201 North Broadway Street, Viragh BLDG 5th FL, Baltimore, MD 21287

    Expertise

    Education

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Fellowship, Oncology, 2020

    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Residency, Internal Medicine, 2017

    Wayne State University School of Medicine

    Medical Education, MD, 2013

    Board Certifications

    Medical Oncology

    American Board of Internal Medicine, 2019

    Internal Medicine

    American Board of Internal Medicine, 2016

    Insurance

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    • 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)