Medical Student
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Minjoo Jo, MM (University of Rochester School of Medicine)
Minjoo was born in Seoul, Korea and earned her undergraduate degree in piano performance at the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada. She then completed a master of music degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music before attending medical school. While matriculating at the post-baccalaureate program, she worked on translational research at the Gordon Center for Medical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital. Her research focused on biodistribution and tumor targeting of NIR fluorophores as well as iron chelator as a therapeutic agent and hydrogel formulation for drug administration. She is currently a third-year medical student at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and is involved in rhinology and head and neck surgery research as well as deaf health pathway.