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Hae-Kwan Cheong
Hae-Kwan Cheong PhD
| Graduate Program | Data Science & Precision Medicine |
| Research Area | Preventive Medicine |
| Laboratory | Laboratory of Environmental Epidemiology |
| hkcheong@skku.edu | |
| Tel | +82-31-299-6300 |
Education & Careers
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1976-1982 M.D., Seoul National University College of Medicine
1983-1989 Master (M.P.H.), Seoul National University School of Public Health 1991-1995 Dr. P.H., Seoul National University School of Public Health
1998-1999 Visiting scholar, Harvard School of Public Health
2009-2021 Roaster of list of experts on environmental health emergency, IHR 2005, WHO
2010-2011 Co-Chair, Korean Society of Environmental Health and Toxicology
2013-2013 Visiting Scholar, WHO European Center for Environmental Health
2005-현재 Professor, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine
2015-2017 Co-Chair, Korean Forum for Climate Change and Health
2016-2018 Chair, Korean Society of Epidemiology
2017~ Member, National Academy of Medicine, Korea
Research Interest
He is an environmental epidemiologist and his main area of research encompasses effect of local and global environment on human health including climate change and health, especially on infectious diseases air pollution and health epidemiology of neurodegenerative disorders and various issues on environmental and occupational health, including humidifier disinfectants and oil spill and health. His main area of research is as below.
1. Health effect of air pollution
2. Health effect of climate change
3. Prediction of infectious diseases from climate variability and other environmental factors
4. Epidemiology of neurodegenerative disorders (currently not active)
1. Health effect of air pollution
2. Health effect of climate change
3. Prediction of infectious diseases from climate variability and other environmental factors
4. Epidemiology of neurodegenerative disorders (currently not active)
Representative Research Achievements
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Kim JH, Lim AY, Cheong HK. Malaria incidence of the regions adjacent to the demilitarized zone in the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, 2004-2016. JKMS 2019 Sep 1634(36):e227
Noh SR, Kim JS, Jeon BH, Kim EH, Kim JH, Kim YM, Kim JH, Han YS, Ahn KM, Cheong HK. Spectrum of susceptibility to air quality and weather in individual children with atopic dermatitis. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2019:30:179-187. Nov 14 2018.
Kim JH, Oh IH, Park JH, Cheong HK. Premature deaths attributable to long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter in the Republic of Korea. JKMS 2018 Sep 1033(37):e251.
Kim J, Kim JH, Cheong HK, Honda Y, Ha M, Kim H. Effect of Climate Factors on the Childhood Pneumonia in Papua New Guinea: a Time-series Analysis. IJERPH 201613:13(2) pii. E213
Kim YM, Park JW, Cheong HK. Estimated effect of climate variables on the transmission of Plasmodium vivax malaria in the Republic of Korea. Environ Health Perspect 2012120:1314&82111319
Chung SE, Cheong HK et al. Effects of maternal blood manganese level on early neurodevelopment: the Mothers and Children’s Environmental Health (MOCEH) study. Environ Health Perspect 2015123(7):717-722
Kim EH, Cheong HK, Kim S, Kim YM, Lee JH, Kim KB, Jung K, Ahn KM, Lee SI. Indoor Air Pollution Aggravates Symptoms of Atopic Dermatitis in Children. PLoS One
Kim HJ, Lee MS, Hong SB, Huh JW, Do KH, Jang SE, et al. A cluster of lung injury cases associated with home humidifier use: an epidemiological investigation. Thorax doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204132