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Soyoung Jeon

Soyoung Jeon

Department: Economics, Applied Statistics, and International Business

Title: Associate Professor

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Dr. Soyoung Jeon joined the Economics, Applied Statistics, and International Business Department at New Mexico State University as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2020. Dr. Jeon received her Ph.D. in Statistics and Operations Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2012. Following this, she received post-doctoral training in Earth and Environmental Sciences Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She then continued her career at Border Biomedical Research Center at the University of Texas at El Paso as a Research Statistician and supported numerous statistical consulting projects. Dr. Jeon has strong interests in interdisciplinary research, especially on developing statistical methods for applications to business, agriculture, biology, and health-related field. Her expertise is environmental statistics, extreme value analysis, and Spatio-temporal modeling.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ph.D. in Statistics and Operations Research, May 2012

Seoul National University
M.S. in Statistics, February 2007
B.S. in Statistics, February 2005

Publications

Niemann, D., Z. Akinjobi, S. Jeon and H. H. Rahman. (2023). Arsenic Exposure and Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus in the US Male Population. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(1), 1263–1275.

Jeon, S., Y.-F. Lee, and K. Koumi. (2022). COVID-19 Vaccination: Sociopolitical and Economic Impact in the United States. Epidemiologia. 3(4), 502–517. PMCID: PMC9680412.

Henr´ıquez, G., L. M´endez, E. Casta˜neda, A. Wagler, S. Jeon, and M. Narayan. (2022). Preclinical Model to Evaluate Outcomes of Amyloid Cross-Toxicity in the Rodent Brain. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 13(20), 2962–2973. PMID: 36194532.

Thabet, A. M., A. N. Adams, S. Jeon, J. Pisquiy, R. Gelhert, T. DeCoster, and A. Abdelgawad. (2022). Malpractice Lawsuits in Orthopedic Trauma Surgery: A Meta-analysis of the Literature. OTA International. 5(3): e199. PMCID: PMC9580045.

Rangel, A., A. U. Raysoni, M. C. Chavez, S. Jeon, J. Aguilera, L. D. Whigham and W.-W. Li. (2022). Assessment of Traffic-Related Air Pollution (TRAP) at Two Near-Road Schools and Residence in El Paso, Texas, USA. Atmospheric Pollution Research. 13(2): 101304.

Thabet, A., M. Craft, J. Pisquiy, S. Jeon, A. Abdelgawad, and W. Azzam. (2022). Tibial Shaft Fractures in the Adolescents: Treatment Outcomes and the Risk Factors for Complications. Injury. 53(2), 706–712. PMID: 34862039.

Herrera-Molina, E., T. E. Gill, G. Ibarra-Mejia, S. Jeon. (2021). Associations between Dust Exposure and Hospitalizations in El Paso, Texas, USA. Atmosphere. 12(11): 1413.

Ibarra-Mejia, G., M. Lusk, and S. Jeon. (2021). Stress, Anxiety, and Depression among Latinx University Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Social Development Issues. 43(1), 55–67.

Thabet, A. M., C. Gerzina, F. Sala, S. Jeon, G. Lovisetti, A. Abdelgawad, T. A. DeCoster, and W. Azzam. (2021). Outcomes and Complications With Treatment of Open Tibial Plafond Fractures With Circular External Fixator. Foot & Ankle International. 42(6), 723–733. PMID: 33559484.

Dabash, S., C. Gerzina, G. Prabhakar, A. M. Thabet, S. Jeon, and S. Heinrich. (2019). Screw Fixation for Supracondylar Humerus Fractures in Children: A Report of Seventeen Cases. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology. 28(7), 1–7. PMID: 30334099.

Jeon, S., C. Paciorek, and M. F. Wehner. (2016). Quantile-based Bias Correction and Uncertainty Quantification of Extreme Event Attribution Statements. Weather and Climate Extremes. 12, 24–32.

Jeon, S., Prabhat, S. Byna, J. Gu, W. D. Collins, and M. F. Wehner. (2015). Characterization of Extreme Precipitation within Atmospheric River Events over California. Advances in Statistical Climatology, Meteorology and Oceanography. 1, 45–57.

Manuscripts in Progress

Solis, J. C., A. S. Bawazir, B. Tanzy, R. G. Luthy, S. Jeon. Managing Saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) in Riparian Areas by Timing the Periods of Mowing Through Evapotranspiration Monitoring. Submitted to Water.

Cerra, S., M. K. Shukla, S. Jeon, S. O’Meara. Continuous Drip Irrigation with Brackish Water: Changes in Soil Characteristics and Growth of Atriplex Canescens and A. Lentiformis. Submitted to Soil Systems.

Trueblood, C., S. Jeon, C. Brown, J. P. King. Characterization of the Water Supply of the Rio Grande Project based on Rio Grande Compact Reports 1940-2020. Submitted to Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management.

Herrera-Molina, E., T. E. Gill, G. Ibarra-Mejia, S. Jeon, K. Ardon-Dryer. Associations Between Dust and Thunderstorm Exposures and Hospitalizations in Lubbock, Texas, USA. Submitted to Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health.

Trueblood, C., S. Jeon, E. H. Fuchs, C. Brown. Estimating the Rio Grande Project Diversion Ratio for Allocation Purposes. In preparation.

Sanchez, D. E., K. Caudle, J. E. Simson, S. Jeon, A. M. Thabet. Clinical and radiographic outcomes of patella fractures at a level I trauma center: a report of 327 cases. In preparation.

Hernandez, H. J., A. Gonzalez, B. L. Stringam, S. Jeon, M. K. Shukla. Yield and productivity of Capsicum Annum (NuMex Sandia Select) under microgravity drip irrigation system (N-Drip) with root system covers in a semi-arid climate. In preparation.

2023:

  1. NMSU COB Fulton Research Mini-grant

    • PI: (06/29/2023–08/03/2023)
    • Project: Association between Social Isolation and Mortality using Data from NHANES
    • Student Research Assistant: Somayye Majidi
  2. NM Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI) FY22-23 Student Water Research Grant

    • PI/Faculty Sponsor: (06/01/2022–08/31/2023)
    • Project: Statistical Characterization of Central Components of the Rio Grande Compact and Rio Grande Project
    • Student Researcher: Claudia Trueblood

2022:

  1. NMSU COB Fulton Research Mini-grant

    • PI: (08/15/2022–11/15/2022)
    • Project: Characterization of Extreme Air Quality and Impacts of Climate Change
    • Student Research Assistant: Zainab Akinjobi
  2. University of New Mexico: Geographical Management of Cancer Health Disparities (GMaP) Region 3 Pilot Award

    • Co-I: (03/01/2022–08/31/2022)
    • Project: Trends in renal cell carcinoma incidence and mortality by occupation and US climate region from 1975-2018
    • PI: G. Ibarra-Mejia

2021:

  1. NMSU COB Fulton Research Mini-grant
    • PI: (03/16/2021–05/31/2021)
    • Project: Health Data Analytics and Training: Evaluating urine arsenic levels and developing associations of urine arsenic with human papillomavirus (HPV) risk
    • Student Research Assistant: Zainab Akinjobi

Previous Years:

  1. UTCCAR-TEEH69A3551747128

    • PI: (09/01/2019–08/31/2020)
    • Project: Association of traffic and related air pollutants on cardiorespiratory risk factors from low-income populations in El Paso, TX
    • Co-PI: W-W. Li, J. Aguilera, L. Whigham
  2. NIH U01AI129783-01A1

    • Biostatistician: (08/15/2018–07/15/2020)
    • Project: New chemotherapy regimens and biomarkers for Chagas disease
    • PI: I. Almeida
  3. UTCCAR-TEEH69A3551747128

    • Co-PI: (05/01/2017–10/31/2018)
    • Project: Healthy living and traffic-related air pollution in an underserved community
    • PI: W-W. Li
  4. NIH U54 Partnership for the Advancement of Cancer Research

    • Role: PI
    • Project: Systemic understanding of cellular mechanisms of metabolic adaptations in cancer
    • PI at Fred Hutch: Lucas Sullivan (under review)
  5. NSF Analytics for Equity Initiative

    • Role: Statistician
    • Project: Assessment of cumulative impacts of air pollution and non-chemical environmental stressors on the metabolic syndrome risk factors for individuals living in overburdened communities
    • PI: Mayra C. Chavez (under review)
  6. NIOSHR21

    • Role: Co-PI
    • Project: Expressed microRNA signatures in circulating exosomes after mechanical loading of the uninjured tendon
    • PI: G. Ibarra-Mejia (not funded)

AST311 Statistical Applications

  • Summer 2023 (Online, 35 enrollments)
  • Spring 2023 (In-person, 37 enrollments)
  • Fall 2022 (In-person, 50 enrollments)
  • Summer 2022 (Online, 35 enrollments)
  • Fall 2021 (Online, 58 enrollments)
  • Spring 2021 (Online, 39 enrollments)
  • Fall 2020 (Online, 39 enrollments)

AST505 Statistical Inference I

  • Summer 2023 (In-person, 21 enrollments)
  • Spring 2023 (In-person, 29 enrollments)
  • Fall 2022 (In-person, 27 enrollments)
  • Spring 2022 (In-person, 27 enrollments)
  • Fall 2021 (Hybrid, 16 enrollments)
  • Fall 2020 (Hybrid, 19 enrollments)

AST598 Special Research Problems

  • Summer 2023 (1 enrollment)
  • Spring 2023 (1 enrollment)
  • Fall 2022 (2 enrollments)
  • Spring 2022 (1 enrollment)