ASCI / Young Physician-Scientist Awards, 2022
The Young Physician-Scientist Awards (YPSA) recognize physician-scientists who are early in their first faculty appointment and have made notable achievements in their research.
About the awardee
Jeeyeon Cha, MD, PhD, is a physician-scientist studying sexual dimorphism in metabolism with a goal to simplify and personalize the care of patients with diabetes. She is a Clinical Instructor in the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She completed MD/PhD training at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati where she trained under Sudhansu K. Dey, PhD in reproduction. She then joined the Vanderbilt Physician-Scientist Training Program (PSTP, or Harrison Society) and completed residency in Internal Medicine in 2017 and Adult Endocrinology fellowship in 2020. She is now studying sexually dimorphic responses of the pancreatic islet beta cell in diabetes with mentor Roland Stein, PhD. Dr. Cha’s work has been supported by the NIH, a Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Physician-Scientist Fellowship, and a Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Medical Scientists.