WELCOME TO WJH LAB
Won Jin Ho, MD
Immuno-Oncology Lab
The WJH laboratory is focused on exploring the potential of cancer immunotherapy as a treatment for cancer. We are dedicated to understanding how the immune system can be harnessed to fight cancer and to developing new and effective ways to do so.
Our collaborative team of researchers come from a range of backgrounds, including immunology, cancer biology, bioinformatics, and medical oncology. We are excited to work with graduate students and to train the next generation of researchers in the field of cancer immunotherapy.
We are equipped with state-of-the-art technology and resources, including cutting-edge imaging and molecular biology tools, to help us investigate the mechanisms underlying cancer immunotherapy and to develop new therapeutic strategies. We are passionate about advancing the field of cancer immunotherapy and making important contributions to the fight against cancer. We focus on hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancers, which remain highly lethal.
RESEARCH
Primary Areas of Interest
TRANSLATIONAL STUDIES
We implement state-of-the-art technologies to broadly and deeply profile the immunologic features of patient samples as part of clinical trials. This allows us to understand how a treatment modulates the immune system.
TARGETING PTPN22 TO TREAT CANCERS
We investigate the feasibility of targeting PTPN22 to enhance anticancer immune responses. We seek to understand the mechanisms by which PTPN22 influences the immune system.
METHODS DEVELOPMENT
New methodologies lead to answers to questions we could not address in the past. We seek to advance the tools with which we study cancer immunity.
News!
25.07.22 - Welcome undergraduate research scholar Jane (Eunji) Moon!
25.07.01 - Welcome postdoctoral/medical oncology fellow Shri Sundararaman!
25.07.01 - Welcome (back) Sarah Shin, CMM PhD student! So excited to be working together again!
25.06.12 - Jae is awarded Excellence in Translational Research Award for his presentation at the Department of Pathology 27th Annual Young Investigators' Day! Amazing work!
25.06.04 - Diana gives an oral presentation at CYTO 2025 (International Society for Advancement of Cytometry)!
25.05.29 - Jae is elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, one of the highest honors in academic medicine! Congratulations!
25.05.21 - Won receives the prestigious Graduate Student Teaching Award at 2025 Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Convocation! Won is deeply grateful for the opportunity to learn from and support the next generation of scientists.
25.05.15 - Jaya completes her work and presents her MMI ScM Master's Thesis! Congratulations Jaya - we are all so proud of you - all the best on your next steps!
25.05.19 - Yeonju completes her Master of Science in Bioinformatics! Congratulations Yeonju - your work in the lab has made a tremendous impact!
25.04.28 - Nicole presents her outstanding poster at the AACR Annual Meeting 2025!
25.04.25 - Soren is honored with the AACR Margaret Foti Foundation Scholar-in-Training Award for excellence in cancer research at the 2025 AACR Annual Meeting and selected to deliver a featured oral presentation at the Checkpoints and Modulators of Tumor Microenvironment Minisymposium. A truly impressive accomplishment!
25.04.24 - WJH Lab is awarded the Maryland Innovation Initiative 2025 Technology Assessment Award! Thank you TEDCO for the incredible opportunity!
25.02.03 - Thank you Johns Hopkins News Letter for covering Won!
25.01.16 - Courtney is awarded the Baltimore City Scholars Program!
25.01.13 - Harrington Discovery Institute's Annual Publication covers WJH Lab's work on PTPN22
25.01.01 - Yanyi is selected to be a Hopkins-Astrazeneca Scholar!
24.12.10 - Jaya receives SKCCC CRTEC Travel Award!
24.12.03 - Worldwide voting concludes with our very own James winning the Best Lab Manager Award from Proteintech!
24.12.03 - Welcome rotating CMM PhD student Loren Chang!
24.11.21 - Nicole receives a whopping 7th percentile on her NIH F31!
24.11.15 - WJH Lab is awarded a CCHI U19 (with Univ. of Maryland)!
24.10.18 - Jaya dazzles with a poster presentation at AACR TII 24!
24.09.19 - Welcome rotating CMM PhD students: Ben Sewell-Grossman, Val Reyes Ortiz, Sarah Zipkowitz, and Yolanda Pan!
24.09.16 - Jae absolutely slaughters with his oral presentation (plenary session) at AACR Pancreatic Cancer Symposium 24!
24.09.08 - Yeonju wows with her poster presentation at CICON 24!
24.07.05 - Welcome Yanyi Sun!
24.06.20 - Congrats Won for receiving the Catalyst Award!
24.06.01 - WJH Lab receives an NCI R01 (with Yarchoan Lab)!
24.05.31 - Godspeed Sarah! Congrats on starting as a PhD student at Hopkins! We won't be far!
24.05.24 - Farewell and all the best Erin! Congrats on the next chapter! Good luck in Pittsburgh!
24.05.20 - Welcome Alens Valentin!
24.05.13 - Welcome George Apostol!
24.04.15 - We are now hiring!
24.02.15 - Welcome Eric Gao!
CONTACT US
Thank you for your interest in our research. Get in touch with us for any questions or comments regarding our work and publications.
Won Jin Ho, MD
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
Johns Hopkins University
1650 Orleans St. CRB1 Rm 488, Baltimore, MD, 21287
