J. Keith Joung

Biography

J. Keith Joung currently serves as professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School and is associate chief of pathology for research and the Jim and Ann Orr Research Scholar at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). He is also a member of the Center for Cancer Research and Center for Computational and Integrative Biology at MGH. He has received numerous awards including an NIH Director’s Pioneer Award, an NIH Director’s Transformative Research Project R01 Award, the Jim and Ann Orr MGH Research Scholar Award, and election into the American Association of University Pathologists. He is a Scientific Advisory Board member of Horizon Discovery and Transposagen Biopharmaceuticals. Dr. Joung holds a Ph.D. in genetics from Harvard University, an M.D. from Harvard Medical School and an A.B. in biochemical sciences from Harvard College.

Research Interest

Dr. Joung has been a pioneer in the development of important technologies for targeted genome editing and epigenome editing of human cells.