{"id":7038,"date":"2026-04-20T07:49:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=7038"},"modified":"2026-04-20T09:35:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:35:32","slug":"janice-jin-hwang-md-mhs","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/directory\/janice-jin-hwang-md-mhs\/","title":{"rendered":"Janice Jin Hwang, MD, MHS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"som-directory-profile-single__title-interest-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"som-directory-profile-single__interest\">\n<h2>Areas of Interest<\/h2>\n<p class=\"som-directory-profile-single__interest-content\">Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, Obesity, Metabolism, Brain, Neuroimaging, Aging<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"som-directory-profile-single__about\">\n<h2>About<\/h2>\n<p>Dr. Hwang is chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at UNC-Chapel Hill. Her philosophy of care is that the partnership formed between a patient and his or her doctor is the fulcrum upon which everything in medicine revolves around. She believes that the highest quality care comes with engaging patients to become active partners in managing their disease. Furthermore, as a physician-scientist, she believes that actively listening to her patients is the best way to understand what are the most meaningful scientific questions to pursue. Dr. Hwang\u2019s academic interests are at the intersection of metabolism and neuroscience. Her research focuses on using advanced brain imaging modalities such as functional MRI and magnetic resonance spectroscopy coupled with classic investigative techniques in metabolism to understand the effects of diabetes and obesity on the brain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"som-directory-profile-single__education-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"som-directory-profile-single__education\">\n<div class=\"som-directory-profile-single__titles\">\n<ul class=\"education-list\">\n<li class=\"education-item\">\n<h3 class=\"som-directory-profile-single__program\">Undergraduate<\/p>\n<p>Princeton University<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"education-item\">\n<h3 class=\"som-directory-profile-single__program\">Medical School<\/p>\n<p>Harvard Medical School<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"education-item\">\n<h3 class=\"som-directory-profile-single__program\">Residency<\/p>\n<p>Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"education-item\">\n<h3 class=\"som-directory-profile-single__program\">Fellowship<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts General Hospital<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"education-item\">\n<h3 class=\"som-directory-profile-single__program\">Masters in Health Science<\/p>\n<p>Yale School of Medicine<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Areas of Interest Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, Obesity, Metabolism, Brain, Neuroimaging, Aging About Dr. Hwang is chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at UNC-Chapel Hill. Her philosophy of care is that the partnership formed between a patient and his or her doctor is the fulcrum upon which everything in medicine revolves &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/directory\/janice-jin-hwang-md-mhs\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Janice Jin Hwang, MD, MHS\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7039,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-7038","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_upd_display_name":["Janice Jin Hwang, MD, MHS"],"_upd_reverse_display_name":["Hwang, Janice Jin"],"_upd_last_name":["Hwang"],"_upd_first_name":["Janice Jin"],"_upd_sortorder_override":[],"_upd_sortorder":["1"],"_upd_gallery_summary":["<strong>Associate Professor of Medicine\r\nDivision Chief\r\nAssociate Professor in Cell Biology and Physiology<\/strong>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/endocrinology-metabolism\/people\/janice-jin-hwang-md-mhs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bio<\/a> | <a href=\"mailto:Janice_hwang@med.unc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Email<\/a>"],"_upd_no_link":[],"_upd_degree1":["MD"],"_upd_degree2":["MMHS"],"_upd_email":[[{"email_text":"Janice_hwang@med.unc.edu"}]],"_upd_phone":[],"_upd_address":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/7038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/directory"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/7038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7045,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/7038\/revisions\/7045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}