Yong‐Moon Park
Assistant Professor
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
faculty
Epidemiology, College of Public Health
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Biography and Research Information
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Yong-Moon Park's research investigates the complex interplay between diet, lifestyle factors, and chronic disease risk. His work has explored the relationship between dietary quality scores and the incidence of frailty and mortality across diverse age groups. He has also examined the persistence of type 2 diabetes risk following gestational diabetes mellitus and the association between type 2 diabetes, metformin use, and breast cancer risk.
Further investigations by Park include the impact of healthy eating patterns on epigenetic markers of biological age, the role of dietary inflammatory potential and oxidative balance scores in breast cancer risk, and the association between obesity (both general and central) and changes in knee osteoarthritis risk. His research also addresses the operational definitions of type 2 diabetes and the synergistic adverse effects of knee osteoarthritis and lack of exercise on cardiovascular disease risk.
Park serves as PI on NIH-funded research examining disparities in cardiovascular toxicity among breast cancer survivors in Arkansas. He is recognized as a highly cited researcher with a substantial publication record and has collaborated with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Metrics
- h-index: 55
- Publications: 460
- Citations: 11,171
Selected Publications
- Risk of End-Stage Kidney Disease in Individuals with Diabetes Living Alone: A Large-Scale Population-Based Study (2025) DOI
- Blood pressure levels and risk of end-stage renal disease in patients with type 2 diabetes who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention: a nationwide population-based study (2025) DOI
- Carcinogenic air pollutants and breast cancer risk in the Arkansas rural community health study: A nested case-control study (2025) DOI
- Weight Changes and Heart Failure Risk After Breast Cancer Development (2025) DOI
- Weight change and cardiovascular disease incidence in breast cancer survivors: a nationwide cohort study (2025) DOI
- Changes in Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Cancer Survivors (2024) DOI
- Intellectual Developmental Disability and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Among Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (2024) DOI
- Intellectual disabilities and risk of cardiovascular diseases: A population-based cohort study (2024) DOI
- Depression and risk of stroke and mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention: A nationwide population study (2024) DOI
- All-cause and cause-specific mortality risks in individuals with diabetes living alone: A large-scale population-based cohort study (2024) DOI
- Artificial Light at Night and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (2024) DOI
- Association between physical activity changes and risk of incident ischemic stroke following cancer diagnosis: A nationwide retrospective cohort study (2024) DOI
- Income variability and incident cardiovascular disease in diabetes: a population-based cohort study (2024) DOI
- Mid- and long-term risk of atrial fibrillation among breast cancer surgery survivors (2024) DOI
- Association between healthy dietary patterns and markers of oxidative stress in the Sister Study (2023) DOI
Federal Grants 1 $155,591 total
Understanding disparities in cardiovascular toxicity among breast cancer survivors in Arkansas
Research Interests
My research focuses on uncovering causes and preventive strategies for chronic diseases, including breast and other cancers, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease. I study how lifestyle factors (diet and exercise), genetics/epigenetics, social determinants of health, and environmental exposures influence disease risk and prognosis, and how these factors interact with each other. I also aims to reduce cardiovascular health disparities in cancer survivors.; Cancer Epidemiology; Nutritional Epidemiology; Cardiometabolic Disease (Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, Hypertension, and Metabolic Syndrome); Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology; Epidemiology of Cardio-Oncology; Social Determinants of Health; Clinical Epidemiology; Environmental Epidemiology; Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology; Chronic Disease Prevention
Grants & Funding
- Enhancing Prediction of Cardiovascular Toxicity in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Comprehensive Machine Learning Approach Integrating Comorbidity Networks The Arkansas Breast Cancer Research Program Principal Investigator
- Understanding disparities in cardiovascular toxicity among breast cancer survivors in Arkansas NIH/NHLBI Principal Investigator
- The influence of ß-carotene supplements, dietary and circulating carotenoids on oxidative stress, inflammation, and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer in the Sister Study NIH Office of Dietary Supplements Principal Investigator
- Promoting scientific and workforce diversity by enriching the Arkansas Rural Community Health Study (ARCH) among Mother-Daughter Pairs NIH Co-Investigator
- Diet Quality and Epigenetic Modifications in Breast Cancer Development State of Arkansas, Arkansas Breast Cancer Research Program Principal Investigator
- Association between Heavy Metal Exposure and Mammographic Density in an Underserved Populations in Arkansas TRI Translational Research Institute Principal Investigator
- Understanding disparities in cardiovascular toxicity among breast cancer survivors in Arkansas NIH/Nat. Heart, Lung & Blood Institute Principal Investigator
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