Find Faculty
Home>Find Faculty>Chundo Oh, PhD

Chundo Oh, PhD

Chundo Oh
Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, RUSH Medical College
Education

PhD, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea

Research Areas

Bone development, osteoarthritis (knee joint, temporomandibular joint and facet joint), spine disease, pain mechanism

Contact Info:

1735 West Harrison Street
Cohn Research Building
Suite 522
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: (312) 942-9809
Fax: (312) 942-3053
Email: chundo_oh@rush.edu
Links:
Biography

Chundo Oh, PhD, received a PhD in Life Science from GIST in Korea and completed her postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Genetics at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Her postdoctoral training with Dr. Benoit de Crombrugghe identified important genome-wide transcriptional regulation during bone development. Currently, She is a member of International Spine Research & Innovation Initiative, which is an interdisciplinary team of clinicians and scientist whose goal is to understand and treat spine related disorders and its associated pain. She is a member of the Orthopaedic Research Society and the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.

Publications

View publications by Chundo Oh, PhD

Grants
  • Cohn Fellowship Award (role: PI): “The role of Chemokine in Temporomandibular Joint disease and associated pain”
  • Rush University Searle Innovators Award (role: PI): “The role of Chemokine in disc degeneration” 
  • NIH R03 AG061460-01 (role: PI): “The mechanism of b-catenin-induced Disc Degeneration”
  • Arthritis Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (role: PI)
  • Rush Imaging Research Core (RIRC) Pilot Project (role: Co-I): “Impact of the Gut Microbiome, Inflammation and Metabolome on Spine Health”
  • Rush Imaging Research Core (RIRC) Pilot Project (role: Co-I): “Metabolic and biomechanical imaging biomarkers for predicting curve progression in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis”