Yong‐Moon Park

Federal Grant PI High Impact

Assistant Professor

UAMS

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-22

faculty

Epidemiology, College of Public Health

ypark@uams.edu

51 h-index 413 pubs 9,829 cited

Research Areas

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Yong-Moon Park's research focuses on epidemiological studies investigating the relationships between lifestyle factors, chronic diseases, and health outcomes. He has published work examining diet quality scores and their association with frailty and mortality across various age groups. His research also explores the persistence of risk for type 2 diabetes following gestational diabetes and the impact of type 2 diabetes and metformin use on breast cancer risk.

Further investigations by Park include the connection between healthy eating patterns and epigenetic measures of biological age, as well as the influence of dietary inflammatory potential and oxidative balance on breast cancer risk. He has also studied the association of general and central obesity, and changes in these measures, with the risk of knee osteoarthritis. His work includes comparisons of operational definitions for type 2 diabetes mellitus based on data from Korean health surveys and analyses of the relationship between knee osteoarthritis and cardiovascular disease risk, including the combined effects of inactivity.

Park is a principal investigator on a grant from the NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, totaling $155,591, to understand disparities in cardiovascular toxicity among breast cancer survivors in Arkansas. He is a highly cited researcher with 464 publications and over 11,500 citations. He leads a research group and collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

Metrics

h-index: 51
Publications: 413
Citations: 9,829

Selected Publications

Intellectual developmental disability and risk of developing depression in type 2 diabetes (2026)

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Short- and Long-Term Risks of Atrial Fibrillation in Surgically Treated Lung Cancer Patients: A Korean Nationwide Study (2026)

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Abstract 7642: Nicotine dependence partially mediates the association between <i>IP6K3</i> genetic variation and risk of lung squamous cell carcinoma among smokers (2026)

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Abstract 884: Waist-hip ratio (WHR) defined obesity phenotype and risk of diabetes in cancer survivor women from Sister Study. (2026)

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Income Persistence and the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes (2026)

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Delay in breast cancer surgery: evaluating patient, healthcare access, and social vulnerability predictors (2026)

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Association between intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder with kidney failure (2026)

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Risk of End-Stage Kidney Disease in Individuals with Diabetes Living Alone: A Large-Scale Population-Based Study (2025)

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Blood pressure levels and risk of end-stage renal disease in patients with type 2 diabetes who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention: a nationwide population-based study (2025)

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Carcinogenic air pollutants and breast cancer risk in the Arkansas rural community health study: A nested case-control study (2025)

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Weight Changes and Heart Failure Risk After Breast Cancer Development (2025)

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Weight change and cardiovascular disease incidence in breast cancer survivors: a nationwide cohort study (2025)

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Changes in Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Cancer Survivors (2024)

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Intellectual Developmental Disability and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Among Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (2024)

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Intellectual disabilities and risk of cardiovascular diseases: A population-based cohort study (2024)

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Federal Grants 1 $155,591 total

NIH/National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Contact PI Aug 2024 - Jul 2028

Understanding disparities in cardiovascular toxicity among breast cancer survivors in Arkansas

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute $155,591 K01

Research Interests

My research focuses on uncovering causes and preventive strategies for chronic diseases, including breast and other cancers, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease. I study how lifestyle factors (diet and exercise), genetics/epigenetics, social determinants of health, and environmental exposures influence disease risk and prognosis, and how these factors interact with each other. I also aims to reduce cardiovascular health disparities in cancer survivors.; Cancer Epidemiology; Nutritional Epidemiology; Cardiometabolic Disease (Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, Hypertension, and Metabolic Syndrome); Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology; Epidemiology of Cardio-Oncology; Social Determinants of Health; Clinical Epidemiology; Environmental Epidemiology; Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology; Chronic Disease Prevention

Grants & Funding

Enhancing Prediction of Cardiovascular Toxicity in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Comprehensive Machine Learning Approach Integrating Comorbidity Networks The Arkansas Breast Cancer Research Program Principal Investigator
Understanding disparities in cardiovascular toxicity among breast cancer survivors in Arkansas NIH/NHLBI Principal Investigator
The influence of ß-carotene supplements, dietary and circulating carotenoids on oxidative stress, inflammation, and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer in the Sister Study NIH Office of Dietary Supplements Principal Investigator
Promoting scientific and workforce diversity by enriching the Arkansas Rural Community Health Study (ARCH) among Mother-Daughter Pairs NIH Co-Investigator
Diet Quality and Epigenetic Modifications in Breast Cancer Development State of Arkansas, Arkansas Breast Cancer Research Program Principal Investigator
Association between Heavy Metal Exposure and Mammographic Density in an Underserved Populations in Arkansas TRI Translational Research Institute Principal Investigator
Understanding disparities in cardiovascular toxicity among breast cancer survivors in Arkansas NIH/Nat. Heart, Lung & Blood Institute Principal Investigator