Jaehwa Choi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

 

Ph.D., Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center.

M.S., Toxicology, Seoul National University, South Korea.

 

Jackson State University

Department of Chemistry

1325 J. R. Lynch St.

P.O. Box 17910

Jackson, MS 39217-0510

 

E-mail: jaehwa.choi@jsums.edu

 

Research Field:

Cancer biology, cellular physiology and signal transduction

Research Interests:

(1) Role of tumor microenvironment in the transport of chemotherapeutic drugs

(2) characterization of the role of microdomains of intracellular calcium in the regulation of intracellular calcium

(3) enhancing delivery and minimizing side effects of chemotherpeutics by using antedrug concept

(4) medicinal chemistry of natural products