BIO SKETCH

Euna Han is a  Professor in the College of Pharmacy at the Yonsei University, Inchon, South Korea. She received her doctorate in Health Policy and Management, specializing in health economics, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2006. As a health economist, Professor Han has considerable research experience in the area of the economics of health behaviors. Her research has previously examined the economic consequences of obesity, exploring the potential underlying mechanisms of the association of obesity with employment and earnings in various populations. Her current research primarily focuses on assessing health policy outcomes and the economics of health behaviors particularly for disability and obesity, using quantitative methodologies. 

WEBSITES 

• Google scholar page:  here 

• Yonsei Faculty Information: here or  here 

• ORCID:  here 

EDUCATION 

    1995       B.S., Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. 

2000      M.P.H., Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.

2006      Ph.D. in Health Economics

                  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.

                  Dissertation: “The effect of obesity on labor market outcomes”     (Chair: Edward C. Norton)            

 EMPLOYMENT 

2020−current     Professor. College of Pharmacy, Yonsei University, Incheon, South Korea.

2014−2019        Associate Professor. College of Pharmacy, Yonsei University, Incheon, South Korea.

2011−2013         Assistant Professor. College of Pharmacy, Gachon University, Incheon, South Korea.

2007−2010        Research Specialist. Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.

2006−2007        Post-Doctoral Fellow. Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.

2004−2006        Pre-Doctoral Fellow. GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC. 

2003, 2006        Research Assistant, Department of Health Policy and Administration,  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

2000−2002        Research Associate. Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, Seoul, South Korea.

2002−2004        Teaching fellow for master-level Statistical Methods for Health Policy and Administration 

                                  Teaching Assistant for master-level Health Economics 

1995−1997         Clinical Research Associate. Dong-Ah Pharmaceutical Company, Seoul, South Korea.  

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS

현)  한국의약품안전관리원 DUR분과위원회 위원 (2017~2024)

현)  보건복지부 약제급여평가위원회 위원 (2020-2024)

       현)  HIRA 데이터 전문가 자문단 (2022~2024)

2017~2023 질병관리본부 예방접종전문위원회 경제성평가분야 자문위원

2015~2023 한국보건의료연구원 연구기획자문단 자문위원 

2022~2023   보건복지부 건강보험 전문평가위원회 위원 

2020-2022     식품의약품안전처 갈등관리심의위원회 위원 

2019~2020                  국민건강보험공단 급여전략자문위원회 위원

2020-2021                  식품의약품안전처 정책연구심의위원회 위원

2021                                 기획재정부 보조사업평가단 위원

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR ACADEMIC SOCIETIES

현)                     한국보건경제정책학회 교육이사

현)                     한국보건사회약료경영학회 부회장

현)                     한국보건의료기술평가학회 이사, 부편집장

현)    Editorial Board, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

2011~2014, 2017~202~2022     한국약학교육협의회 사회약학분과 총무위원, 총무위원장(2021~2022)

2019. Guest Editor for special issue "The Economic Impact of Obesity" in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/economic_impact_obesity.

2021~current Editor, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

2022~current Editor, Scientific Reports