· Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Pathobiology, University of Southern California, in Affiliation with Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

· Master of Science (MS), Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejon, South Korea

· Bachelor of Science (BS), Biological Sciences, KAIST, Daejon, South Korea, Magna Cum Laude

· 2025 Learning Environment Accolades, Commendation for contributing to a positive learning environment, Geisinger College of Health Science (GCHS) School of Medicine,

· 2024 Learning Environment Accolades, GCHS SOM

· 2023 Excellence in Education award, Academy of Educators, Geisinger Health Care System

· 2023 Founding Faculty Designation, GCHS SOM Recognition of faculty who have been instrumental in helping build the Geisinger School of Medicine

· 2023 Professor of the Year Award, MD Class, GCHS SOM

· 2023 Best faculty oral presentation, International Association of Medical Educators, Annual Meeting, Cancun, Mexico

· 2022 Mark Miller Faculty Award; MD graduate award to faculty who has exhibited excellence in faculty and student relations

· 2021 Electric City Faculty Award; MD graduate award for the most supportive faculty

· 2019 -2014* Professor of the Year award, Master’s of Biomedical Sciences (MBS) students: *6 consecutive years until the award was stopped, GCHS SOM

• Gullo C, Waite G, Prunuske A, Sulzinski M, Carter S, and Cho Y. Maintaining Scholarly Productivity During Your Transformation Into a Leader in Leadership in Health Profession Education, Editor Quesnelle KM and Huggett KN., IAMSE Manual, Springer (2026), doi:10.1007/978-3-032-05110-3

• Tomassoni N, Allen M, Toal K, Shenberger K, Cho Y. Case Report. Neonatal Familial Cold Autoinflammatory Syndrome: A Newborn with Recurrent Cold-Induced Urticarial Eruptions. JAAD Case Rep. (2025) 67:96-99. doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2025.10.053

• Cho Y, Gullo C, Carter S, Szarek J, Waite G, Quesnelle K, and Prunuske A. The GLASS Tool: A New Lens for Evaluating Generalist Leadership Competencies for Medical Education, (2025). Medical Education Online. doi:10.1080/10872981.2025.2576571

• Cho Y and Szarek J, Integrating Task-Technology Fit and Community of Practice theories to enhance medical educator skill confidence in generative AI: Design, implementation, and pilot outcomes, (2025). Med. Sci. Educ. doi:10.1007/s40670-025-02520-7

• Cho Y, Croniger C, McEnery M, McLin R, A Wilson-Delfosse, The Prompt-Powered Worksheet: Transforming Educators’ Generative AI trepidation into Student Learning Tools, Med Teach. (2025) 24:1-4. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2025.2558903

• Cho Y, Park G, Mudigonda A, Wait G, Szarek J. Development of a Universal Prompt as a Scalable Generative AI-Assisted Tool for USMLE Step1 Style Multiple-Choice Question Refinement in Medical Education, Med.Sci.Educ. (2025). Doi:10.1007/s40670-025-02334-7

• Gullo C, Cho Y, Szarek J, Waite G, Quesnelle K, and Prunuske A. Development of a Generalist Competency Framework for Medical Education Leaders in Longitudinal Integrated Curricula (LILIC). Med.Sci.Educ. (2024). Doi:10.1007/s40670-024-02185-8

• Weber R, Caleb A, Cho Y. From Empathy to Epistemic Justice: Reconceptualizing Disability in Medical Education Using the 4R Model, Ch4, Reimagining Medical Education: The Future of Health Equity and Social Justice, 1st ed, (2024) American Medical Association, Elsevier

• Szarek J, Cho Y, Waite G. Mentoring Basic Science Faculty Using the Novel CSW (Competence, Support, and Wise/Wisdom) Framework, Mentoring in Health Profession Education, IAMSE Manual, (2022), Springer

• American Medical Association Externally Commissioned Book proposal, “Reimagining Medical Education in the U.S with Focus on Social Justice”

Role: co-author

Award period April 2023 – Nov 2023

• National Curriculum Initiatives for Developmental Medicine (NCIDM), Cohort 3

Sponsored by the American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry

Role: co-PI

Award period April 2019 – July 2020

Proposal for Medical School Curriculum Improvement for People with Intellectual Disability and Developmental Disorders

· 2025-Current Educator Consortium Director of AI, Aquifer (Aquifer.org)

· 2020-Current Associate Editor and Immunology discipline lead, Aquifer Science Board, Aquifer

· 2024- 2025 Director of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education, Department of Medical education, GCHS SOM

· 2019-2025 Longitudinal Content Lead of Immunology, GCHS SOM

· 2017-2025 Course Director for Integrated Medical Science Courses for pre-clerkship MD students, GCHS SOM

· 2012-2025 Instructor for Immunology for MD and Graduate Students, GCHS SOM

· 2012-2025 Case Based Learning (CBL) Small Group Facilitator and Case management team member, GCHS SOM

· Generative AI integration in medical education and supporting educator development for effective genAI use

· Concept-based teaching of immunology and microbiology in an integrated curriculum

· Leadership model for medical educators in an integrated longitudinal curriculum