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Jung Wook Park

Rollie Assistant Professorship of Correlative Pathology
Pathology
Duke Box 103872, 905 South LaSalle Street, Durham, NC 27710
Duke Box 103872, 905 South LaSalle Street, Durham, NC 27710

Research Interests


Park laboratory is interested in

1. Understanding prostate cancer progression using our novel human epithelial cell transformation system.

2. Investigating the pathogenesis of prostate and other epithelial cancers using primary human cells with organoid culture, which will create novel pre-clinical disease models.

3. Identifying vulnerabilities in treatment-resistant cancers.

4. Developing novel therapies targeting oncogenic drivers and other disease vulnerabilities.

Selected Grants


Identifying essential molecular mechanisms for advanced prostate cancer growth by a new chemical compound

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2024 - 2027

Duke ACS Institutional Research Grant

ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. · 2024 - 2026

Targeting NUAK2 in neuroendocrine prostate cancer

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2023 - 2026

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

Targeting oncogenomic function of N-Myc to inhibit neuroendocrine prostate cancer visceral metastasis

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2023 - 2026

Defining Cellular and Genetic Factors for Renal Cell Carcinoma Subtypes

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2022 - 2025

Interrupting the aberrant cancer development sequence in epithelial cancer progression

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Prostate Cancer Foundation · 2021 - 2025

Transcriptional reprogramming of lethal small cell prostate cancer

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2021 - 2024

Defining the Essential Determinants of Prostate Cancer Differentiation States

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2022

Unveiling the roles of neuroendocrine cells in prostate cancer development

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Mike Slive Foundation · 2020 - 2021