Biography
Dr. Hee-Young Park is a Professor and Chair of Medical Sciences & Education and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. As the Chair, Dr. Park is deeply committed to the education of both medical and graduate students at the School. Her department hosts the annual BUMC McCahan Education Conference where faculty, staff, students and trainees come together to present and share their educational scholarship. In addition, Dr. Park has established number of high school programs in STEM and Health Sciences for the Boston Public High Schools. In her role as the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs, Dr. Park oversees the faculty appointments and promotions processes, as well as offering CV reviews of individual faculty. Faculty Affairs office offer promotion workshops and other faculty development programs to assist faculty toward their academic advancements. . Dr. Park received both B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from MIT and spent first 2 decades of her professional career as a biomedical researcher. Dr. Park’s research was focused on signaling pathways and factors that control skin color, aging and cutaneous wound healing. Specifically, she has made seminal contribution in these fields by discovering and characterizing the key role of serine/threonine kinases that turn on and off key enzymes and transcription factors. In addition to her research activities, she has consulted cosmetic and pharmaceutical companies interested in developing treatments for pigmentation-disorders. Dr. Park also has a long-standing interest in teaching and mentoring students. She has served as a faculty advisor and mentor to graduate students, medical students, residents and post-doctoral fellows.