Yong-Moon Mark Park, MD, MS, PhD

Full Member

Research Program:

Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences

Faculty Rank:

Assistant Professor

Campus:

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

College:

College of Public Health

Department:

Epidemiology

Cancer Research Interest

Disease Site Focus: Breast
Research Focus Area: Prevention, Diagnosis/ Prognosis, Informatics, Health Disparities, Treatment
Type of Research: Population Sciences
Research Keywords: breast cancer, nutrition and diet, epidemiology, cardiometabolic dysfunction , prevention, environmental factors , cancer survivors
Research Interest Statement: My research program focuses on etiology and prevention of breast and other cancers and addresses the influence of dietary and environmental factors and cardiometabolic dysfunction on risk and prognosis of cancer. My work also considers mechanisms by which dietary patterns and nutrients affect cancer risk. Furthermore, I am interested in cardiometabolic complications and prognosis following diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Ultimately, I hope that my research will provide insight into strategies for effective prevention and intervention of breast and other cancers, as well as cardiometabolic dysfunction in cancer survivors.

Contact Information

Email Address: YPARK@UAMS.EDU
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Active Grants

NIH/Nat. Heart, Lung & Blood Institute – 1K01HL175206
“Understanding disparities in cardiovascular toxicity among breast cancer survivors in Arkansas”
Principal Investigator
8/23/2024 – 7/31/2028

Recent Publications

Cheon DY, Park YM, Park MS, [et al.]. Depression and risk of stroke and mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention: A nationwide population study. Journal of internal medicine. 2024 296(6):468-480. PMID: 39370680.
Park KY, Huh Y, Nam GE, [et al., including Park YM]. Changes in physical activity and all-cause mortality among individuals with dementia: a cohort study using the National Health Insurance Service Database in Korea. British journal of sports medicine. 2024 58(21):1258-1266. PMID: 39472033.
Yun JS, Han K, Kim B, [et al., including Park YM]. All-cause and cause-specific mortality risks in individuals with diabetes living alone: A large-scale population-based cohort study. Diabetes research and clinical practice. 2024 217:111876. PMID: 39343144.
Li C, Peng C, DelNero P, [et al., including Park YM]. Investigating the coverage of the Arkansas All-Payer Claims Database for examining health disparities related to persistent poverty areas in colorectal cancer patients. Cancer causes & control : CCC. 2024. PMID: 39306812.
Baek JH, Zhu Y, Jackson CL, Park YM. Artificial Light at Night and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes & metabolism journal. 2024 48(5):847-863. PMID: 39313230. PMCID: PMC11449813.
Park YM, Amick Iii BC, McElfish PA, [et al.]. Income dynamics and risk of colorectal cancer in individuals with type 2 diabetes: a nationwide population-based cohort study. Journal of epidemiology. 2024. PMID: 38972733.
Park YM, Baek JH, Lee HS, [et al.]. Income variability and incident cardiovascular disease in diabetes: a population-based cohort study. European heart journal. 2024 45(21):1920-1933. PMID: 38666368.
Jung W, Cho IY, Jung J, [et al., including Park YM]. Association between physical activity changes and risk of incident ischemic stroke following cancer diagnosis: A nationwide retrospective cohort study. Cancer. 2024. PMID: 38723109.
Jung W, Cho IY, Jung J, [et al., including Park YM]. Changes in physical activity and diabetes risk after cancer diagnosis: a nationwide cohort study. Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice. 2024. PMID: 38647592.
Park YM, Jung W, Yeo Y, [et al.]. Mid- and long-term risk of atrial fibrillation among breast cancer surgery survivors. BMC medicine. 2024 22(1):88. PMID: 38419017. PMCID: PMC10903065.
Crawford B, Steck SE, Sandler DP, [et al., including Park YM]. Association between healthy dietary patterns and markers of oxidative stress in the Sister Study. European journal of nutrition. 2023. PMID: 38070016.
Liu J, Lavie CJ, Park YM, Bagiella E. Geographic variation and trends in prevalence of obesity among US adolescents, 2016-2021. Public health. 2023 223:128-130. PMID: 37634452.
Crawford B, Steck SE, Sandler DP, [et al., including Park YM]. Dietary patterns, socioeconomic disparities, and risk of type 2 diabetes in the Sister Study. Diabetes research and clinical practice. 2023 204:110906. PMID: 37708977. PMCID: PMC10624134.
Ko SH, Han KD, Park YM, [et al.]. Diabetes Mellitus in the Elderly Adults in Korea: Based on Data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2019 to 2020. Diabetes & metabolism journal. 2023 47(5):643-652. PMID: 37549924. PMCID: PMC10555543.
Wan L, Lin KT, Rahman MA, [et al., including Park Y]. Splicing Factor SRSF1 Promotes Pancreatitis and KRASG12D-Mediated Pancreatic Cancer. Cancer discovery. 2023 13(7):1678-1695. PMID: 37098965. PMCID: PMC10330071.
Park D, Park YM, Ko SH, [et al.]. Association of general and central obesity, and their changes with risk of knee osteoarthritis: a nationwide population-based cohort study. Scientific reports. 2023 13(1):3796. PMID: 36882508. PMCID: PMC9992488.
Park D, Park YM, Ko SH, [et al.]. Association between knee osteoarthritis and the risk of cardiovascular disease and the synergistic adverse effects of lack of exercise. Scientific reports. 2023 13(1):2777. PMID: 36797339. PMCID: PMC9935498.
Baek JH, Park YM, Han KD, [et al.]. Comparison of Operational Definition of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Based on Data from Korean National Health Insurance Service and Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Diabetes & metabolism journal. 2023. PMID: 36750233. PMCID: PMC10040628.
Choi MK, Park YM, Shivappa N, [et al.]. Inflammatory potential of diet and risk of mortality in normal-weight adults with central obesity. Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland). 2023 42(2):208-215. PMID: 36603461. PMCID: PMC10284332.
Han K, Yoo J, Yeo Y, [et al., including Park YM]. Association Between Metabolic Syndrome and Risk of Esophageal Cancer: a Nationwide Population-Based Study. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology. 2022. PMID: 36166509.
Yun JS, Han K, Park YM, [et al.]. Adherence to healthy lifestyle behaviors as a preventable risk factor for severe hypoglycemia in people with type 2 diabetes: A longitudinal nationwide cohort study. Journal of diabetes investigation. 2022. PMID: 35474300. PMCID: PMC9943249.
Lee OH, Park YM, Ko SH, [et al.]. Synergistic association between underweight and type 2 diabetes on the development of laryngeal cancer: a national population-based retrospective cohort study. BMC cancer. 2022 22(1):345. PMID: 35351050. PMCID: PMC8966305.
Park YM, Lilyquist J, Van't Erve TJ, [et al.]. Association of dietary and plasma carotenoids with urinary F(2)-isoprostanes. European journal of nutrition. 2022. PMID: 35253072. PMCID: PMC9283284.
Han K, Yoo J, Yeo Y, [et al., including Park YM]. Association of Metabolic Parameter Variability with Esophageal Cancer Risk: A Nationwide Population-Based Study. Journal of personalized medicine. 2022 12(3). PMID: 35330375. PMCID: PMC8950346.
Kang HS, Park YM, Ko SH, [et al.]. Impaired Lung Function and Lung Cancer Incidence: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study. Journal of clinical medicine. 2022 11(4). PMID: 35207361. PMCID: PMC8880094.
Diaz-Santana MV, O'Brien KM, Park YM, [et al.]. Persistence of Risk for Type 2 Diabetes After Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes care. 2022. PMID: 35104325. PMCID: PMC9016728.
Kang S, Park YM, Kwon DJ, [et al.]. Reproductive Life Span and Severe Hypoglycemia Risk in Postmenopausal Women with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes & metabolism journal. 2022. PMID: 35067011. PMCID: PMC9353572.
Zheng J, Zhu T, Yang G, [et al., including Park YM]. The Isocaloric Substitution of Plant-Based and Animal-Based Protein in Relation to Aging-Related Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review. Nutrients. 2022 14(2). PMID: 35057453. PMCID: PMC8781188.
Choi YH, Park YM, Hur KJ, [et al.]. Duration of diabetes mellitus and risk of kidney and bladder cancer: a longitudinal nationwide cohort study. American journal of cancer research. 2022 12(8):4050-4061. PMID: 36119837. PMCID: PMC9441993.
Huh G, Han KD, Park YM, [et al.]. Comorbidities associated with high-risk obstructive sleep apnea based on the STOP-BANG questionnaire: a nationwide population-based study. The Korean journal of internal medicine. 2022 38(1):80-92. PMID: 36353789. PMCID: PMC9816691.
Kim SH, Park YM, Han K, [et al.]. Association of weight change following smoking cessation with the risk of tuberculosis development: A nationwide population-based cohort study. PloS one. 2022 17(4):e0266262. PMID: 35390038. PMCID: PMC8989195.
Lunyera J, Park YM, Ward JB, [et al.]. A prospective study of multiple sleep dimensions and hypertension risk among white, black and Hispanic/Latina women: findings from the Sister Study. Journal of hypertension. 2021 39(11):2210-2219. PMID: 34620810. PMCID: PMC8501231.
Kresovich JK, Park YM, Keller JA, [et al.]. Healthy eating patterns and epigenetic measures of biological age. The American journal of clinical nutrition. 2021. PMID: 34637497. PMCID: PMC8754996.
Ahn S, Han K, Jeun SS, [et al., including Park YM]. Associations of General and Abdominal Obesity with the Risk of Glioma Development. Cancers. 2021 13(12). PMID: 34201103. PMCID: PMC8228893.
Park YM, Sandler DP. Making sense of associations between type 2 diabetes, metformin, and breast cancer risk. British journal of cancer. 2021. PMID: 33911196. PMCID: PMC8476566.
Cho Y, Han K, Kim DH, [et al., including Park YM]. Cumulative Exposure to Metabolic Syndrome Components and the Risk of Dementia: A Nationwide Population-Based Study. Endocrinology and metabolism (Seoul, Korea). 2021 36(2):424-435. PMID: 33849249. PMCID: PMC8090478.
Park YM, Shivappa N, Petimar J, [et al.]. Dietary inflammatory potential, oxidative balance score, and risk of breast cancer: Findings from the Sister Study. International journal of cancer. 2021. PMID: 33783833. PMCID: PMC8256885.
Jayanama K, Theou O, Godin J, [et al., including Park YM]. Relationship between diet quality scores and the risk of frailty and mortality in adults across a wide age spectrum. BMC medicine. 2021 19(1):64. PMID: 33722232. PMCID: PMC7962372.
Pes GM, Park YM, Sechi GP. Cholesterol Trafficking in the Brain: Are We Overlooking an Important Risk Factor for Parkinson Disease?. Neurology. 2021 96(10):465-466. PMID: 33536270.
Choi IY, Chun S, Shin DW, [et al., including Park YM]. Changes in Metabolic Syndrome Status and Breast Cancer Risk: A Nationwide Cohort Study. Cancers. 2021 13(5). PMID: 33803268. PMCID: PMC7967214.
Hwang S, Park YM, Han KD, [et al.]. Associations of general obesity and central obesity with the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in a Korean population: A national population-based cohort study. International journal of cancer. 2021 148(5):1144-1154. PMID: 32955731.
Park YM, Bookwalter DB, O'Brien KM, [et al.]. A prospective study of type 2 diabetes, metformin use, and risk of breast cancer. Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology. 2021 32(3):351-359. PMID: 33516778. PMCID: PMC7995619.
Yun JS, Park YM, Han K, [et al.]. Severe hypoglycemia and the risk of end stage renal disease in type 2 diabetes. Scientific reports. 2021 11(1):4305. PMID: 33619302. PMCID: PMC7900096.
Ahn S, Han K, Jeun SS, [et al., including Park YM]. Association between height and the risk of primary brain malignancy in adults: a nationwide population-based cohort study. Neuro-oncology advances. 2021 3(1):vdab098. PMID: 34738083. PMCID: PMC8562729.
Park JW, Han K, Shin DW, [et al., including Park YM]. Obesity and breast cancer risk for pre- and postmenopausal women among over 6 million Korean women. Breast cancer research and treatment. 2021 185(2):495-506. PMID: 33010023.
Kim JY, Park YM, Lee GN, [et al.]. Association between toothbrushing and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. PloS one. 2021 16(5):e0243686. PMID: 34043630. PMCID: PMC8158973.
Ko YM, Ko SH, Han K, [et al., including Park YM]. Importance of Awareness and Treatment for Diabetes in Influenza Vaccination Coverage of Diabetic Patients under 65 Years: A Population-Based Study. Diabetes & metabolism journal. 2021 45(1):55-66. PMID: 32602274. PMCID: PMC7850874.
Lee EY, Han K, Kim DH, [et al., including Park YM]. Exposure-weighted scoring for metabolic syndrome and the risk of myocardial infarction and stroke: a nationwide population-based study. Cardiovascular diabetology. 2020 19(1):153. PMID: 32993664. PMCID: PMC7525999.
Kim YS, Park YM, Han KD, [et al.]. Fasting glucose level and all-cause or cause-specific mortality in Korean adults: a nationwide cohort study. The Korean journal of internal medicine. 2020. PMID: 32623847. PMCID: PMC8137392.
Ahn S, Han KD, Park YM, [et al.]. Cigarette Smoking Is Associated with Increased Risk of Malignant Gliomas: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study. Cancers. 2020 12(5). PMID: 32466105. PMCID: PMC7280985.
Lo JJ, Park YM, Sinha R, Sandler DP. Association between meat consumption and risk of breast cancer: Findings from the Sister Study. International journal of cancer. 2020 146(8):2156-2165. PMID: 31389007. PMCID: PMC7002279.
Zhong Z, Jin Q, Park YM, [et al.]. Serum IgG Antibodies against Periodontal Microbes and Cancer Mortality. JDR clinical and translational research. 2020 5(2):166-175. PMID: 31277564. PMCID: PMC7079332.
Kim JY, Lee GN, Song HC, [et al., including Park YM]. Association between Fatty Liver Index and Periodontitis: the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Scientific reports. 2020 10(1):3805. PMID: 32123238. PMCID: PMC7051950.
Choi JA, Park YM, Han K, [et al.]. Fasting plasma glucose level and the risk of open angle glaucoma: Nationwide population-based cohort study in Korea. PloS one. 2020 15(9):e0239529. PMID: 32966328. PMCID: PMC7510965.
Seok Lee H, Park YM, Han K, [et al.]. Obesity-related hypertension: Findings from The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2008-2010. PloS one. 2020 15(4):e0230616. PMID: 32315310. PMCID: PMC7173931.
Park YM, Yun JS, Ahn YB, [et al.]. The association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and esophageal, stomach, or colorectal cancer: National population-based cohort study. PloS one. 2020 15(1):e0226351. PMID: 31978054. PMCID: PMC6980645.
Guinter MA, Park YM, Steck SE, Sandler DP. Day-to-day regularity in breakfast consumption is associated with weight status in a prospective cohort of women. International journal of obesity (2005). 2020 44(1):186-194. PMID: 30926951. PMCID: PMC6766424.
Mehta SS, Arroyave WD, Lunn RM, [et al., including Park YM]. A Prospective Analysis of Red and Processed Meat Consumption and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Women. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology. 2020 29(1):141-150. PMID: 31575555. PMCID: PMC6954313.
Qi J, Zihang Z, Park YM, [et al.]. Periodontal Antibodies and All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality. Journal of dental research. 2020 99(1):51-59. PMID: 31634041. PMCID: PMC6927218.