Yikyung Park, ScD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Public Health Sciences
Specialties
- Nutrition
- Epidemiology
- Cancer survivorship
- Cancer prevention
Call for patient appointments: 314-362-5298
Meet Dr. Park
Dr. Yikyung Park is a leading cancer epidemiologist specializing in modifiable lifestyle factors, including nutrition, obesity, and physical activity, in cancer prevention and survivorship across both adult and pediatric populations.
She also leads advances in nutritional epidemiology methods, and her research shapes national and international cancer prevention guidelines.
Degrees
Doctor of Science in Nutritional Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA
2005
Fellowship
Postdoctoral Fellowship
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
2005-2007
Research interests
Dietary factors, including eating behaviors
Lifestyle for cancer prevention and survivorship
Premature aging
Liver cancer
Adult survivors of childhood cancer
Cancer screening
Novel dietary assessments and biomarkers
Risk prediction