Education:
- Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Health Policy (Specialized Area: Global Health, Concentration: Decision Sciences), PhD, 2006
- Seoul National University, Graduate School of Public Health, Public Health Sciences (Health Economics), MPH, 2000
- Seoul National University, Pharmacy, BS, 1995
Employments:
- Seoul National University, Graduate School of Public Health, Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor, 2016-present
- University of Texas School of Public Health, Depart of Management, Policy and Community Health, Assistant Professor, 2012-2015
- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Division of Bacterial Diseases), Consultant, 2011-2012
- Harvard School of Public Health, Depart of Health Policy and Management, Research Scientist, 2008-2010
- Harvard Initiative for Global Health, Senior Research Fellow, 2006-2008
Major Professional Services:
- Member, WHO Advisory Committee on Immunization and Vaccines Implementation Research (IVIR-AC), 2022-2027
- Academic Editor, PLoS Global Public Health, 2022-present
- Member, Expert Committee for Evaluation, Committee for International Development Cooperation (CIDC), Korea’s Prime Minister’s Office, 2022-2024
- Deputy Vice Present, Office of International Affairs, Seoul National University, 2023-2024
- Vice Director, Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, 2022-2025
- Director, Center for Global Health Research, Seoul National University, 2016-present
Areas of Research Interests:
- Global health policy
- Development and health aid
- Refugee health
- Gender health equity
- Poverty related and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)
- Planning and evaluation of health programs in resource-constraint settings
- Economic evaluation of global health policy/programs
- Vaccine economics
- Decision analysis
- Mathematical disease modeling
Contact:
Seoul National University
Building #221 (Room 427), 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu,
Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
T: +82-2-880-2768, E:sykim22@snu.ac.kr