Yongjin Park

Yongjin Park

Yongjin Park is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He is affiliated with the Causal Path Lab, focusing on computational biology and genomics. His research integrates statistical methods with large-scale genomic data to understand complex diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS) and Alzheimer’s, particularly through single-cell analysis and epigenomic studies.

• Affiliations: Faculty of Science, UBC; BC Cancer Research
• Research Interests: Single-cell RNA sequencing, immune cell dynamics, epigenomics, and regulatory genomics in disease contexts.

Key projects include analyzing T-cell subtypes in MS patients and developing scalable computational tools for genomic data (e.g., CoCoA-diff, pseudobulk projection methods). His lab emphasizes translating genomic insights into clinical applications.

Awards & Honors

• Data Science Award
• Dr. John and Barbara Petkau Scholarship
• Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
• Margaret Wylie Memorial Scholarship in Statistics

Lab & Collaborations

The Causal Path Lab collaborates on projects involving Alzheimer’s disease progression, placental methylation, and cancer genomics. Recent work includes single-nucleus transcriptomic analysis of brain vasculature and epigenetic drivers of disease.