Eunhee Chung, Ph.D.

Lutcher Brown Fellowship

Associate Professor, Kinesiology

Eunhee Chung’s research focuses on understanding cardiac and metabolic adaptations in various stimuli including pregnancy, exercise, diet and obesity.

Since joining UTSA in 2016, Chung has collaborated with both colleagues and students to study how maternal exercise modifies cardiac structure, mitochondrial function, and overall heart function under stress conditions in mice. The results of the study could provide new insight into preventing heart disease associated with childhood obesity.

With an h-index of 20 and over 1300 citations to date, Chung has made significant contributions to her field. Her peer-reviewed work has been featured in publications such as Cardiovascular Research, Scientific Reports, and the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. She also serves as a reviewer for several academic journals and for the American Heart Association Fellowship Committee.

Chung’s work has been recognized by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), and the organization has awarded her nearly $1.5 million in funding to support her research.  

Her involvement at UTSA goes beyond her extensive research as well. She has served on multiple committees within her department, including the faculty tenure promotion review committee and the exercise science undergraduate curriculum task force. She also works as an academic advisor for both undergraduate and graduate students.

Chung earned her Ph.D. in the Department of Kinesiology from the University of Wisconsin—Madison and received postdoctoral training in the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at the University of Colorado Boulder.