Bio

Yea Ji Jeong obtained her DVM from Konkuk University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in Seoul, South Korea, in 2014. During her veterinary education, she fell in love with anatomic pathology and translational cancer research. Then, she pursued a PhD in Pathobiology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she performed PhD dissertation research in locally invasive and metastatic behaviors of human pancreatic cancers in 3-dimensional organoid models. In June 2024, she completed her anatomic pathology residency at the Ohio State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, during which she developed a research program in canine and feline pancreatic malignancies. In addition, she is interested in diagnosing and teaching hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases in dogs and cats.

Area(s) of Expertise

Molecular oncology, precision medicine, cancer cell biology

Publications

• Application of confocal laser microscopy and its feasibility in routine diagnosis of surgical biopsy specimens , Veterinary Pathology (2026)
• A Retrospective Review of Morbidity and Mortality in ‘Good Samaritan’ Animals Admitted to a Tertiary Referral Veterinary Health Center From 2014 to 2022: Postmortem Examination , Journal of Shelter Medicine and Community Animal Health (2024)
• Periocular fibrosarcoma with lipogranulomatous conjunctivitis in a cat , Veterinary Ophthalmology (2024)
• Morphology-guided transcriptomic analysis of human pancreatic cancer organoids reveals microenvironmental signals that enhance invasion , Journal of Clinical Investigation (2023)
• Generation and characterization of a cell line from an intraductal tubulopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas , Laboratory Investigation (2020)
• Pattern of Invasion in Human Pancreatic Cancer Organoids Is Associated with Loss of SMAD4 and Clinical Outcome , Cancer Research (2020)
• Upregulation of Superoxide Dismutase 2 by Astrocytes in the SIV/Macaque Model of HIV-Associated Neurologic Disease , Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology (2020)
• Congenital systemic melanosis in a black mongrel pig , Korean Journal of Veterinary Research (2015)