Jason Paul Chua, MD, PhD
Neurology
Board-certified neurologist and an assistant professor of neurology and movement disorders at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Affiliations
Expertise
Neurodegenerative diseases, movement disorders
About
Jason Chua, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology and Division of Movement Disorders at Johns Hopkins?School of Medicine. He received his training at the University of Michigan, where he obtained medical and graduate degrees, then completed a residency in neurology and a combined clinical/research fellowship in movement disorders and neurodegeneration.
Dr. Chua’s primary research interests are in neurodegenerative disease, with a special focus on the cellular housekeeping pathway of autophagy and its impact on disease development in diseases such as Parkinson disease. His work has been supported by multiple research training and career development grants from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the American Academy of Neurology. He is the primary or coauthor of 14 peer-reviewed scientific publications and two peer-reviewed online learning modules from the American Academy of Neurology. He is also a contributing author to The Little Black Book of Neurology by Osama Zaldat, MD and Alan Lerner, MD, and has peer reviewed for the scientific journals Autophagy, eLife, and Neurobiology of Disease.
Education
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Classics (Latin and Greek) and Biology, Brown University
- Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), University of Michigan Medical School
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Neuroscience, University of Michigan Medical School
Certifications
- Board-Certified in Psychiatry and Neurology
Awards
- Advising, Mentoring, and Teaching Recognition Award, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2024
- Emerging Scholar Lecture Award, 146th American Neurological Association Annual Meeting, 2021
- Castle Connolly Rising Star
- Keystone Symposium Scholarship, Autophagy: Mechanisms and Disease Conference, National Cancer Institute, 2020
- Best Research Fellow Poster, Neuroscience Day Research Symposium, Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 2020
- Best Platform Presentation, Neuroscience Day Research Symposium, 2019
- Status Pedagogicus in Situ Award for Excellence in Education/Mentorship of Junior Residents, 2019
- Learning Environment Task Force Recognition of Excellence for Medical Student Teaching, University of Michigan Medical School, 2019
- Bronze Beeper Award for outstanding resident teachers, Galens Medical Society, University of Michigan Medical School, 2019
- Graduation with Distinction in Research, University of Michigan Medical School, 2015
Professional Organizations
- Member, American Academy of Neurology
- Member, International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society
- Member, Society for Neuroscience
- Member, American Physician Scientist Association
Press Coverage
- "'This Is Why I'm Here': a Detroit Lions VP Tries to Save Her Daughter From Rare Disease", ESPN.com
Book & Media Recommendations
<em>The Michael J. Fox Foundation Parkinson's Podcast</em></h1>" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-component-name="">The Michael J. Fox Foundation Parkinson's Podcast
<em>Substantial Matters: Life and Science of Parkinson’s</em> with Dan Keller, PhD</h1>" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-component-name="">Substantial Matters: Life and Science of Parkinson’s with Dan Keller, PhD
<em>Brain and Life</em> with Dr. Daniel Correa and Dr. Katy Peters</h1>" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-component-name="">Brain and Life with Dr. Daniel Correa and Dr. Katy Peters
Latest Work
Latest contributions from Jason Paul Chua, MD, PhD, in ADHD, Alzheimer's Disease, Brain Health, Dementia, Epilepsy, Headache, Medical Procedures, Migraine, Multiple Sclerosis, Neurology, Parkinson's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis