Kyunghee Choi

Kyunghee Choi is a Professor in the Department of Pathology & Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine, with a focus on immunobiology. She holds affiliations across multiple doctoral programs, including Developmental, Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology, Immunology, Cancer Biology, and Molecular Cell Biology.

• BS, Seoul National University, Korea
• MS, Seoul National University, Korea
• PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Her research explores:

• Molecular mechanisms of hematopoietic and endothelial cell development, particularly the roles of VEGF, Flk1, and ETS transcription factor ETV2.
• Tumor hematopoiesis and angiogenesis, investigating how these processes affect tumor immunity and growth.

Kyunghee Choi's work bridges developmental biology and cancer immunology, aiming to apply insights from stem cell biology to modulate tumor immune responses. She leads a lab focused on chromatin regulation in hematopoietic differentiation (Baf155) and tumor-associated extramedullary hematopoiesis.

Lab contact:

• Phone: 314-362-9045
• Office Location: BJC-IH Building, Room 8215