CV

Full CV available as a PDF (top right).

Contact Information

Name Jongyun Jung
Professional Title Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Email jj3669@cumc.columbia.edu

Professional Summary

AI and statistical methods for biological aging trajectories, musculoskeletal aging, and fracture prediction.

Experience

  • 2026 - present

    New York, NY

    Postdoctoral Research Scientist
    Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
    • Mentor: Dr. Daniel Belsky
  • 2022 - 2026

    Columbus, OH

    Graduate Research Associate / Graduate Research Assistant
    Department of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University
    • Advisor: Dr. Qing Wu
  • 2019 - 2022

    Las Vegas, NV

    Graduate Research Assistant
    Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    • Advisor: Dr. Qing Wu
  • 2013 - 2015

    Seoul, South Korea

    Secondary Data Analyst
    IMS Health
    • Built SQL business-intelligence and data-warehousing tools for pharmaceutical marketing analytics.

Education

  • 2022 - 2026

    Columbus, OH

    PhD
    The Ohio State University
    Biomedical Science (Biomedical Informatics Track)
    • Advisor: Dr. Qing Wu
  • 2022

    Las Vegas, NV

    Certificate
    University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    Public Health (Epidemiology and Biostatistics)
  • 2019

    Mankato, MN

    MS
    Minnesota State University, Mankato
    Mathematics and Statistics
    • Thesis: A Statistical Analysis and Machine Learning of Genomic Data (cum laude)
  • 2013

    Mankato, MN

    BA
    Minnesota State University, Mankato
    Economics and Mathematics
    • Cum laude

Research Funding

NIA Biomarker Network Pilot Project: SS-HyTrax ($25,000): Project lead. Self-supervised transformer model for biological aging trajectories across harmonized multi-cohort data. Awarded Aug 2026; project period Sep 2026 – Mar 2027.
NIH/NIA K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award: PoA-HyTrax: Principal Investigator. Submitted Oct 2026.
NIH/NIA F99/K00 Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award: Principal Investigator (applicant). Personalized fracture trajectory model. Submitted Oct 2024.

Awards

  • 2026
    InnovAGE Fellowship (Cohort 6)
    UMass Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2)
  • 2025
    OSU Ray Travel Award
    Council of Graduate Students, The Ohio State University
  • 2025
    Young Investigator Travel Grant
    American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
  • 2025
    ASBMR Student Cohort Program
    American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
  • 2025
    KSEA-KUSCO Graduate Scholarship
    Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association
  • 2025
    OSU Career Development Grant
    Council of Graduate Students, The Ohio State University
  • 2020
    Outstanding Graduate Student Award
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • 2019
    Student & Early Career Travel Award
    American Statistical Association

Selected Presentations

Biomarkers of Aging Conference, Harvard Medical School (poster), Oct 2026: HyTrax: Deep Sequential Modeling of Musculoskeletal Trajectories as Dynamic Biomarkers of Aging
ICFSR 2026, Washington, D.C. (late-breaking oral), Mar 2026: HyTrax: Deep Sequential Modeling and Musculoskeletal Trajectories Enhance Fracture Prediction Beyond Baseline FRAX
ASBMR Muscle and Bone Webinar (invited), Nov 2025: HyTrax: A Hybrid Trajectory-Based Model for Personalized Fracture Risk Prediction
ASBMR 2025 (plenary poster), Sep 2025: Beyond FRAX: Personalized Fracture Trajectory Model Using Genetic, Muscle, and Longitudinal Data
ASBMR 2024 (oral), Sep 2024: Transforming Fracture Prediction in Older Men: A Genomics-AI Synergy

Teaching

BMI 7050: Meta-Analysis, The Ohio State University (Autumn 2024, Summer 2025): Guest lecturer and course designer.
BMI 5780: Programming for Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University (Autumn 2023): Machine learning case studies and Python homework.
STAT 154 and MATH 112, Minnesota State University, Mankato (2017 – 2019): Teaching assistant.

Service

Journal reviewer: npj Digital Medicine, Scientific Reports, Journal of Big Data, Clinical and Translational Metabolism, Lipids in Health and Disease, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, Clinical Proteomics, PeerJ. Abstract reviewer, ASBMR 2026.
President, Ohio KSEA Young Generation Group (2024 – 2025): Founded the OSU chapter and organized panels, networking, and mentorship programs.
  • Membership Engagement Committee, ASA Section on Genetics and Genomics (2021 – 2022)
  • Founder and President, ASA Student Chapter, Minnesota State University, Mankato (2018 – 2019)

Skills

Programming: R, Python, SAS, MATLAB, C/C++, Julia
Genomics: PLINK, GCTA, BCFtools
Computing: AWS, HPC (OpenMP, MPI), GPU