Education:
Seattle Pacific University
Physiology major, Chemistry minor
B.S., 2023
Yu-Jin is in the first year of Medical School and is rotating through labs to identify a thesis advisor.
Publications
For work prior to the UMN MSTP:
Pszczolkowski VL, Youn YJ, Her TK, Alejandro EU. Advances and challenges in the mechanistic understanding of beta-cell dysfunction in gestational diabetes mellitus. J Anim Sci. 2026 Jul 10:skag212. doi: 10.1093/jas/skag212.
Jo S, Chung G, Youn YJ, Hunt C, Hill A, Beetch M, Akhaphong B, Morgan EA, O'Tierney-Ginn PF, Wernimont SA, Alejandro EU. Placental mitochondrial calcium uniporter modulates offspring susceptibility to metabolic dysfunction. Mol Metab. 2025 Oct;100:102236. doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2025.102236. PMCID: PMC12423341
