Hanjoong Jo

Hanjoong Jo is John and Jan Portman Professor and Associate Chair in the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Emory University and Georgia Tech and Professor of Medicine at Emory University. He directs the Cardiovascular Mechanobiology and Nanomedicine Lab, which studies how genes in blood vessel cells and cardiovascular diseases are regulated by blood flow, develops novel therapeutics by targeting flow-sensitive genes, and develops nanotechnology for safe and effective treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Jo has published 180 peer-reviewed papers and edited 2 books. He is an elected fellow of the BMES, the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, AHA, and the American Physiological Society. He has served as reviewer and chair of the study sections of the NIH, NSF, Veterans Administration, and AHA, as well as chair of several international conferences. He currently serves on the board of directors of BME Society.