Dr. Yoo Jin Park joined Ontario Genomics in August 2020. In her current role, Yoo Jin supports the implementation of strategic initiatives that apply genomics-based solutions across Ontario’s key sectors to drive economic growth, improved quality of life, and global leadership. Working together with the leading academics and partner organizations, Yoo Jin acts as the main point of contact for several funded projects and is responsible for monitoring projects to assess their progress and maximize outcomes. Moreover, she helps to establish and build strong relationships with the key sector stakeholders from the industry, government and academia to source, secure and/or optimize co-funding for projects.

During her 10+ years in the biomedical research sector, Yoo Jin successfully led several projects across multiple therapeutic areas, including metabolism (obesity/diabetes), immuno-oncology, and cardiovascular diseases, resulting in high impact publications in peer-reviewed journals. Before joining Ontario Genomics, Yoo Jin worked as a Scientist at Sanofi Pasteur, where she was responsible for validating and improving the vaccine manufacturing and quality testing processes.

Yoo Jin received her B.Sc. in Honours Biotechnology and Ph.D. in Experimental Medicine from the University of British Columbia, then completed her post-doctoral fellowship at Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network.