She received her BS in cellular molecular biology in 1986 and her PhD in 1992 from the University of Michigan. Dr. Kwon had her postdoctoral training in the Department of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine. She has joined the School of Pharmacy in 2005. Her research areas include understanding the link between obesity and type 2 diabetes, designing and validating an implantation model for ß-cell replacement therapy, and developing control algorithms for a closed-loop artificial pancreas.