Young Cho, PhD

Current Roles

Education

• BA in chemistry from Indiana University-Bloomington
• PhD in pharmacology from University of Wisconsin Medical School
• Beckman Fellowship from Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope

Past Experience

Before transferring to Bastyr University California, Dr. Cho was a core faculty member in the Department of Basic Sciences at Bastyr University's Kenmore campus, where he taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses for students of naturopathic medicine, acupuncture and Oriental medicine, herbal sciences and nutrition.

Dr. Cho has conducted postdoctoral research as a team leader of endocrine drug discovery and physiologic impacts of the nuclear bile acid receptor on immune response. He has taught cell biology and human physiology at California State University.

Dr. Cho also has served as an advisor for student research. His research is focused on anti-adipogenic effects of natural bile acids as well as anti-tumorigenic effects of Chinese herbal extracts.

Classes Taught

Pharmacology, Pharmacology of Cancer, Pathology of Cancer, Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry and Disease Processes.

Interests

Dr. Cho’s research topics include physiological effects of bile acids on fibroblastic transformation into fat cells. He has screened pro-adipogenic and anti-adipogenic bile acids using cellular model systems in order to examine clinical application in obesity cases. In addition, Dr. Cho is working on cytotoxic and cytostatic actions of various Chinese plant extracts in human cancer cells.

Philosophy

Dr. Cho is convinced that good health care is more than medicine. His philosophy of teaching and research is to integrate the basic medical sciences with the holistic health care.