Education
Dr. Choi received her B.S. in Engineering from Swarthmore College (1996) and her M.D. and Ph.D. from Drexel University College of Medicine (2010). Her Ph.D. was in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology. Between her bachelor and doctorate degrees, Dr. Choi attended the Post-Baccalaureate Program at the University of Pennsylvania (2001) while doing research on Alzheimer’s disease and myasthenia gravis at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.
Academic Awards and Presentations
2012
Third prize
Johnson-Beerman Competition, Section on Dermatology, College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Using the Drosophila model to dissect the molecular signaling in topical skin disorders to develop novel treatments.
2012
Selected attendee
Society for Investigative Dermatology Resident Retreat for Future Academicians, Raleigh, NC (May 8-9, 2012). “Using the Drosophila model to identify rapamycin as a potential treatment for topical skin disorders.”
2010
Transitional Resident of the Year Award
Lehigh Valley Health Network
2009-2010
Resident Representative
Transitional Resident Committee, Lehigh Valley Health Network
2009
Department of Dermatology Award
Drexel University College of Medicine
2008
Graduate Student Prize Honorable Mention
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. “Utilizing PDE4 inhibitors to normalize cAMP signaling and rescue cognitive deficits in a Drosophila model of Fragile X syndrome.”
2008
Society for Neuroscience
Washington DC. “Using lithium and mGluR antagonists to prevent age-dependent cognitive impairments in a Drosophila model of Fragile X syndrome.”
2007
Society for Neuroscience
San Diego, CA. “Utilizing PDE4 inhibitors to normalize cAMP signaling and rescue cognitive deficits in a Drosophila model of Alzheimer's Disease.”
2006
Invited Speaker
Fundraiser for the FRAXA Research Foundation, York, PA. “The restoration of cognitive deficits through pharmacologic treatment in a Drosophila model of Fragile X syndrome.”
2006
Invited Speaker
National Fragile X Foundation Conference, Atlanta, GA. “Modulating the mTOR pathway for the restoration of cognitive deficits in a Drosophila model of Fragile X syndrome.” July, 2006.
2005
Invited speaker
FRAXA Research Foundation Arden House Conference. “The use of lithium to improve cognitive deficits in a Drosophila model of Fragile X syndrome.” July, 2005.
1996
Inducted Member
Sigma Xi Honorary Research Society, for undergraduate research at Swarthmore College.