EDUCATION

•  Ph.D. in Psychiatry, CHA University School of Medicine, Seongnam, Mar 2020 – Aug 2022

•  M.D. in Medicine, CHA University School of Medicine, Seongnam,  Mar 2014 – Feb 2018

•  B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Summa Cum Laude, Mar 2010 – Feb 2014

CLINICAL WORK EXPERIENCES

•  Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, CHA University, Bundang Medical Center, Seongnam, South Korea, Mar 2025 –Present

•  Clinical Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, CHA University, Bundang Medical Center, Seongnam, South Korea, Mar 2024 –Feb 2025

•  Fellow Doctor at Department of Psychiatry, CHA University, Bundang Medical Center, Seongnam, South Korea, Mar 2023 – Feb 2024

•  Residency at the Department of Psychiatry, CHA University, Bundang Medical Center, Seongnam, South Korea, Mar 2019 – Feb 2023

•  Intern at CHA University, Bundang Medical Center, Seongnam, South Korea, Mar 2018 – Feb 2019

PUBLICATIONS

1.     Park, S. H., Kim, H. J., Pae, C., Kim, I. B., & Lee, S. H. (2025). Neural Correlates of Interoceptive Fear in Panic Disorder: Abnormalities of Gray Matter Volumes in the Inferior Parietal Lobe and Insula. Journal of Psychiatric Research. [Aug 2025 (Available online)]

2.     Song, C. R., Pae, C., Bang, M., Kim, H. J., & Lee, S. H. (2025). Influences of early sexual trauma on brain structural connectome in panic disorder and their relationship with short-and long-term treatment responses. Journal of Affective Disorders, 119589.[Jun 2025 (Available online)]

3.     Hwang, Y. G., Lee, G., & Kim, H. J. (2025). Cortical Gyrification Patterns Associated with Neuroticism in Panic Disorder and Healthy Individuals. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 112002. [May 2025]

4.     Moon, J., Kim, H. J., Song, C.R., Pae, C., Lee, S.H. (2025). Comparison of cortical gyrification patterns in patients with panic disorder with and without comorbid generalized anxiety disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 372, 216-224. [Dec 2024]

5.     Pae, C., Kim, H. J., Bang, M., Park, C. I., & Lee, S. H. (2024). Predicting treatment outcomes in patients with panic disorder: Cross-sectional and two-year longitudinal structural connectome analysis using machine learning methods. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 102895. [Jul 2024]

6.     Kim, H. J., Bang, M., Pae, C., & Lee, S. H. (2024) Multimodal neural correlates of dispositional resilience among healthy individuals. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 9875. [Apr 2024]

7.     Kim, H. J., Kim, J. E., Yook, K. H., Choi, T. K., & Lee, S.H. (2023) Early Trauma Subtypes Are Differentially Related to Anxiety Symptomatology and Suicidal Ideation in Panic Disorder. Psychiatry Investig. [Nov 2023]

8.     Hwang, Y. G., Pae, C., Song, C. R., Kim, H. J., Bang, M., Park, C. I., ... & Lee, S. H. (2023). Self-compassion is associated with the superior longitudinal fasciculus in the mirroring network in healthy individuals. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 12264. [Jul 2023]

9. Kim, H. J., Lee, S. H., & Pae, C. (2023). Gender Differences in Anxiety and Depressive Symptomatology Determined by Network Analysis in Panic Disorder. J Affect Disord. [May 2023]

10.  Kim, H. J., Jung, H. Y., Bang, M., Pae, C., & Lee, S. H. (2023). Poor Treatment Response in Panic Disorder Patients with Suicide Attempts and Their Symptom Network Characteristics. Depression and Anxiety. [May 2023]

11.  Kim, H. J., Seo, J., Bang, M., & Lee, S. H. (2023). Self-Forgiveness is Associated with Increased Volumes of Fusiform Gyrus in Healthy Individuals. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 5505. [ Apr 2023 ]

12.  Kim, H. J., Bang, M., Park, C. I., & Lee, S. H. (2023). Altered DNA Methylation of the Serotonin Transporter Gene Associated with Early Life Stress and White Matter Microalterations in Korean Patients with Panic Disorder. Neuropsychobiology, 1-10, [Mar 2023]

13.  Kim, H. J., Bang, M., Park, C. I., Pae, C., & Lee, S. H. (2023). Differences in Functional Level and Central Symptom of Network Structures in the Patients Seeking Treatment for Panic Disorder Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Psychiatry Investing, 20(3), 245-254 [Mar 2023]

14.  Pae, C., Kim, H. J., Bang, M., & Lee, S. H. (2022). Prediction of prognosis in patients with panic disorder using pre-treatment brain white matter features. J Affect Disord., 313, 214-221 [Jun 2022]

15.  Kim, H. J., Kim, J. E., & Lee, S. H. (2021). Early trauma is associated with suicidal ideation in patients with panic disorder. J Nerv Ment Dis, 209(10), 734-7423 [Oct 2021

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16.  Kim, H. J., Kim, J. E., & Lee, S. H. (2021). Pathological Worry is Related to Poor Long-Term Pharmacological Treatment Response in Patients With Panic Disorder. Psychiatry Investig, 18(9), 904 [Sep 2021]

17.  Kim, H. J., Kim, J. E., & Lee, S. H. (2021). Functional impairment in patients with panic disorder. Psychiatry Investig, 18(5), 434. [May 2021]

18.  Kim, H. J., Kim, J. E., & Lee, S. H. (2021). Early trauma is associated with poor pharmacological treatment response in patients with panic disorder. Psychiatry investig, 18(3), 249. [Mar 2021]

19.  Kim, H. J., Bang, M., Lee, K. S., Choi, T. K., Park, C. I., & Lee, S. H. (2020). Effects of BDNF Val66Met Polymorphism on White Matter Microalterations of the Corpus Callosum in Patients with Panic Disorder in Korean Populations. Psychiatry Investig, 17(10), 967. [Oct 2020]

20.  Kim, H. J., Song, C., Bang, M., & Lee, S. H. (2020). Early sexual trauma is related with the tapetum in patients with panic disorder. J Affect Disord., 267, 107-113 [Apr 2020

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ACADEMY

•Mar 2024 –Present         Scientific Committee Member, Korean Neuro Psychiatric Association

• Mar 2025 - Present        Board Member-at-Large, Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry

•  Mar 2023 - Present       Lifetime Member, Korean Academy of Anxiety and Mood 

HONORS & AWARDS

•  15 Nov 2024      Young Investigator Award (Korean Academy of Anxiety and Mood)

•  25 Oct 2024       Lundbeck Neuroscience Academic Award (Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry)

•  18 Apr 2024       Excellent Poster Award (Korean Neuro Psychiatric Association)

•17 Oct 2023         Excellent Poster Award (Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry)

•13 Oct 2023        Best Poster Award (Korean Academy of Anxiety and Mood)

•  21 Apr 2023       Excellent Poster Award (Korean Neuro Psychiatric Association)

• 11 Nov 2022       Best Poster Award (Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry)

•  8 Apr 2022         Excellent Poster Award (Korean Neuro Psychiatric Association)

•29 Dec 2021        Trainee Award (CHA Bundang Medical Center)

•12 Nov 2021        Best Oral Presentation Award (Korean Academy of Anxiety and Mood)

•22 Oct 2021        Excellent Poster Award (Korean Neuro Psychiatric Association)

•  8 Apr 2021       Young Poster Award (The 19th International Congress of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists)

SKILLS

• Mar 2020 – Present      |     Programming Languages    R, Statistical Analysis System (SAS)

• Mar 2019 – Present      |     echnical Skills  MatLab, Neuroimaging (SPM, VBM, TBSS, FreeSurfer)

•  Mar 2019 – Present     |     Research Experience  CLIMB (https://theclimblab.com/)