정완교, Wankyo CHUNG

EDUCATION

• Texas A&M University, Ph.D. in Economics, Mentor Finis Welch

• Seoul National University, B.A. in Economics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2021-2023 Head, Department of Public Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University

• 2019-present Professor, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University

• 2019-2020 Visiting Scholar, Asia Health Policy Program, Center for East Asian Studies, Stanford University

• 2016-2019 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University

• 2011-2016 Associate Professor, Healthcare Management, Hallym University 

• 2013-2015 Chairperson, Healthcare Management, Hallym University

• 2007-2011 Research Fellow, Dept. of Public Finance and Social Policy, Korea Development Institute

• 2010-2011 Adjunct Professor, KDI School of Public Policy

• 2001-2007 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Economics, National University of Singapore

• 2004  Visiting Scholar, Centre for Labour Market Research, University of Western Australia

• 2000-2001 Lecturer, Department of Management, Lowry Mays College and Graduate School of Business, Texas A&M University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, OTHERS

• 2023 한국보건경제정책학회 회장

• 2023 서울대학교 보건대학원 보건사회복지정책과정 주임교수

• 2021- 서울대학교 보건대학원, BK21 건강재난 통합대응을 위한 교육연구단, 부단장

• 2021- 한국보건의료연구원 의료기술재평가위원

• 2020-2022 한국경제학회 한국경제포럼 편집위원 

• 2017-2019, 질병관리본부 예방접종전문위원회 위원 

• 2013-2019, 건강보험심사평가원 정보공개심의회 위원 

• 2014-present, 한국재정학회 이사 

• 2010-present, KDI Journal of Economic Policy 직무대행 편집위원장, 편집간사, 편집위원 등

• 2011-2022, 한국보건행정학회 이사 등

• 2013-2016, 보건복지부 독립적 검토절차의 검토자 

• 2014-2016, 질병관리본부 국민건강영양조사 의료이용분과 자문위원  

• 2008-2016, 힌국사회보장학회 편집위원, 이사 등

• 2013-2014 보건복지부 미래의료원정대, 법제도분과 총괄위원

• 2011 보건복지부 보건의료미래위원회 건강보험소위원회 위원 

• 2011 보건복지부 한의약육성발전심의위원회 위원  

• 2010 보건복지부 건강보험발전전략협의회 위원   

• 2002 싱가포르 인적자원부(Ministry of Manpower, Singapore) 자문 

JOURNALS

• Kristine Namhee Kwon and W. Chung, Effects of Private Health Insurance on Medical Expenditure and Health Service Utilization in South Korea: a Quantile Regression Analysis, BMC Health Services Research, 2023.

• E. Han, W. Chung, A Trujillo, J. Gittelsohn & Leiyu Shi, The Association of continuity of care with inpatient, outpatient, and total medical care costs among older adults with urinary incontinence, BMC Health Services Research, 2023.  

• J. Kim, Song H, Lee J, Kim YJ, Chung HS, Yu JM, Jang G, Park R, Chung W, Oh CM, Moon S, Smoking and Passive smoking increases mortality through mediation effect of Cadmium Exposure in the United States, Scientific Reports, 2023. 

• S. Park, G. Park, W. Chung, Variations in Healthcare Spending, Care Access, and Health Status by Care Need: Evidence from South Korea. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2023. 

• S. Park, W. Chung, JP Stimpson, Access to care and satisfaction with care among fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries by level of care need. Disability Health J. 2022. 

• H. Lee, H. S. Chung, Y. J. Kim, M. K. Choi, Y. K. Roh, W. Chung, J. M. Yu, C. Oh, S. Moon, Association between Body Shape Index and Risk of Mortality in the United States, Scientific Reports, 2022. 

• Y. Lee and W. Chung, A Study on the Infant Health under the Falling Fertility Rates, Special Contribution, Future Growth Studies, 2022. 

• C. Song and W. Chung, Pain and Mortality among Older Adults in Korea, Epidemiology and Health, 2021.

• Y. Kim, G. W. Park, S. Kim, H. J. Moon, S. Won, W. Chung, and H. Yang, Fluoroquinolone and no risk of Achilles-tendinopathy in childhood pneumonia under eight years of age—A nationwide retrospective cohort, J Torac Dis. 2021. 

• G. Park and W. Chung, Self-rated health as a predictor of mortality according to cognitive impairment: findings from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (2006-2016), Epidemiology and Health, 2021.

• J. Shin, J. Kim, H. Jeong, S. Kang, S. Jang, H. Roh, W. Chung, An Evidence-based Literature Review and Evaluation of Alcohol Policy in Korea: Policies against Alcohol Abuse and Its Harmful Consequences, Alcohol & Health Behavior Research, 2021. 

• H. Cho, W. Chung, S. Moon, O. Ryu, M. Kim, and J. Kang, Effect of Sarcopenia and Body Shape on Cardiovascular Disease According to Obesity Phenotypes, Diabetes & Metabolism Journal, 2020.

• C. Oh, J. Park, H. Chung, J. Yu, W. Chung, J. Kang, S. Moon, Effect of body shape on the development of cardiovascular disease in individuals with metabolically healthy obesity, Medicine, 2020.

• Y. Lee, K. Kim, H. Kang, M. Kim, S. Kim, S. Cho, and W. Chung, An evidence-based literature review and evaluation of tobacco control policy in Korea: Policy implications for young adults, Health Social Welfare Review, 2020. 

• W. Chung, J. Park, H. Chung, J. Yu, D. Kim, S. Moon, Utility of the Z-score of log-transformed A Body Shape Index (LBSIZ) in the assessment for sarcopenic obesity and cardiovascular disease risk in the United States, Scientific Reports, 2019.

• W. Chung, J. Park, O. Ryu, J. Yu, H. Yoo, S. Moon, Response: Association of Z-Score of the Log-Transformed A Body Shape Index with Cardiovascular Disease in People Who Are Obese but Metabolically Healthy: The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2010 (J Obes Metab Syndr 2018;27:158-65), Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome, June 2019.

• W. Chung, J. Park, H. Chung, J. Yu, S. Moon, D. Kim, The Association between Z-score of Log-transformed A Body Shape Index (LBSIZ) and Cardiovascular Disease in Korea, Diabetes & Metabolism Journal, April 2019.

• H. Shin, W. Chung, The effect of working hours reduction on health behaviors and health service utilization, Korean Journal of Health Economics and Policy, March 2019.

• W. Chung, K. Kim, E. Jang, M. Ki, H. Choi, S. Jeong, Cost-effectiveness of sofosbuvir plus ribavirin therapy for hepatitis C virus genotype 2 infection in South Korea, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2019.

• S. Cho, Y. Kim, Y. Choi, W. Chung, Impact of Regional Cardiocerebrovascular Centers on Myocardial Infarction Patients: A Fixed-effects Model, Journal of Preventive Medicine & Public Health, 2019.

• K. Kim, W. Chung, H. Choi, M. Ki, E. Jang, S. Jeong, Cost-effectiveness and health-related outcomes of screening for hepatitis C in Korean population, Liver International, 2018.

• S. Moon, J. Park, O. Ryu, W. Chung, Effectiveness of Z-score of log-transformed A Body Shape Index (LBSIZ) in predicting cardiovascular disease in Korea: the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study, Scientific Reports, 2018.

• W. Chung, J. Park, O. Ryu, J. Yu, H. Yoo, S. Moon, Association of Z-Score of the Log-Transformed A Body Shape Index with Cardiovascular Disease in People Who Are Obese but Metabolically Healthy: The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2010, Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome, 2018.

• W. Chung, C. Jo, WJ Chung, D. Kim, Liver Cirrhosis and Cancer: Comparison of Mortality, Hepatology International, 2018.

• J. Li, B. Yip, C Leung, W. Chung, K. Kwok, E. Chan, E. Yeoh, P. Chung, Screening for latent and active tuberculosis infection in the elderly at admission to residential care homes: a cost-effectiveness analysis in an intermediate disease burden area, PLOS ONE, 2018.

• W. Chung, M. Sohn, The Impact of Nurse Staffing on In-Hospital Mortality of Stroke Patients in Korea, Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 33(1), 2018.

• S. Jeong, E. Jang, H. Choi, K. Kim, W. Chung, M. Ki, Current status of hepatitis C virus infection and countermeasures in South Korea, Epidemiology and Health, 13;39, 2017.

• W. Chung, C. Park, O. Ryu, Association of a New Measure of Obesity with Hypertension and Health-related Quality of Life, PLOS ONE, May 2016, 11(5).

• W. Chung, H. Ha, B. Kim, Money Transfer and Birth Weight: Evidence from the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend, Economic Inquiry, January 2016, 54(1): 576-590.

• W. Chung, The Cost of Liver Disease in Korea: Methodology, Data, and Evidence, Clinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2015, 21-1:14-21.

• W. Chung, J. Lee, O. Ryu, Is the negative relationship between obesity and bone mineral content greater for the older women? 32-5, Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism, September 2014: 505513.

• O. Ryu, W. Chung, S. Lee, K. Hong, M. Choi, H. Yoo, The effect of high-dose vitamin D supplementation on insulin resistance and arterial stiffness in patients with type 2 diabetes, the Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2014, 29-6: 620-629.

• J. Kim, W. Chung, Secondhand smoking and obesity, Korean Journal of Health Economics and Policy, 20-3, 2014.

• W. Chung, Prevention and Medical Care Use, Korean Journal of Health Economics and Policy, 19-1, 2013.

• C. Park, W. Chung, Sibship size, birth order, and children's education in developing countries: Evidence from Bangladesh, Vol 53, Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, 1-23, 2012.

• W. Chung, Medical Expenditure at End-of-Life, Korean Journal of Health Economics and Policy, 18-4, 2012.

• W. Chung, Economic Resources and Child Health: An Assessment of Certain Mechanisms, KDI Journal of Economic Policy, 32-1, 2010.

• W. Chung, Rethinking the age to define old, Health Insurance & Policy, 9-2, 2010.

• W. Chung, Determinants of long-term care demand, KDI Journal of Economic Policy, 31-1, 2009.

• W. Chung, Income Inequality and Health: Evidence from Indonesia Korean Social Security Studies) 24, (May 2008): 193-213.

• W. Chung, The Role of Medical Care in Explaining the Link between Health and Economic Resources, Asean Economic Bulletin 23 (April 2006): 42-53.

• W. Chung, Fringe Benefits and Inequality in the Labor Market, Economic Inquiry 41 (July 2003): 517-529.

BOOKS

• "Lessons from Hospitals' Experiences in Responding to COVID-19,"  Republic of Korea - World Bank Group Partnership on COVID-19 Preparedness and Response, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank, 2023.

• "Korea-World Bank Group Partnership on COVID-19 Preparedness and Response, Country Case Study: The Republic of Korea,"  Taejin Lee, Hongsoo Kim, Sung-il Cho, Myoungsoon You, Wankyo Chung, and Juhyeon Moon, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank, 2022.

• "Economic Impact of Obesity in the Republic of Korea," Chapter 5 in a book titled ”Wealthy but Unhealthy: Overweight and Obesity in Asia and the Pacific: Trends, Costs, and Policies for Better Health,” ed. Matthias Helble and Azusa Sato, Asian Development Bank Institute, 2018.

• “Korea's Basic Old-Age Pension and its poverty reduction effects," Social Policies in an Age of Austerity, ed. by John Karl Scholz, Hyungpyo Moon, and Sang-Hyop Lee, Edward Elgar, 2015.  

• Charles E. Phelp's "Health Economics", translation into Korean with Sangho Moon, Changik Jo, and Sok Chul Hong, Sigma Press, 2013.  

• "Social Protection in Korea - Current State and Challenges," Social Protection in East Asia - Current State and Challenges (ISBN 978-602-8660-28-0), ERIA Research Project Report 2009-09, 2010.

• "Inequality During an Economic Crisis: Evidence from Singapore," with Dr. Mukhopadhaya Pundarik, Poverty, Poverty Alleviation, and Social Disadvantage (ISBN 81-8387-111-2), edited by C. Tisdell, 2007, Serials Publications, India

• International Experiences of Regional Policy and Policy Implications for Korea, 2008 KDI International Conference Proceedings, edited by Young-Sung Koh & Wankyo Chung

POLICY PAPERS

• "국립중앙의료원 현대화사업," (외부연구진) 2021년도 사업계획 적정성 재검토보고서, KIPF 한국조세재정연구원, 정부투자분석센터, 2022.

• "바이오파운드리 구축 및 활용기술개발사업," (외부자문위원) 한국과학기술기획평가원(KISTEP) 2021 예비타당성조사 보고서, 2022.

• "서부산의료원 설립," (외부연구진) 2021년도 사업계획 적정성 검토보고서, KDI 공공투자관리센터, 2021.

• "대전의료원 설립," (외부연구진) 2021년도 사업계획 적정성 검토보고서, KDI 공공투자관리센터, 2021.

• "코로나19 치료제 임상지원사업," (외부자문위원) 한국과학기술기획평가원(KISTEP) 2020 사업계획 적정성 재검토 보고서, 2021.

• "코로나19 백신 임상지원사업," (외부자문위원) 한국과학기술기획평가원(KISTEP) 2020 사업계획 적정성 재검토 보고서, 2021.

• "감염병 예방 치료기술 개발사업," (외부자문위원) 한국과학기술기획평가원(KISTEP) 2018 예비타당성조사 보고서, 2019.

• "환자중심 의료기술 최적화 연구사업," (외부자문위원) 한국과학기술기획평가원(KISTEP) 2017 예비타당성조사 보고서, 2018.

• "국가 신약 파이프라인 발굴 확보 사업," (외부자문위원) 한국과학기술기획평가원(KISTEP) 2017 예비타당성조사 보고서, 2018.

• "제2기 재생의료 지원사업," (외부자문위원) 한국과학기술기획평가원(KISTEP) 2017 예비타당성조사 보고서, 2018.

• "한국 의료서비스의 소득 탄력성 추정," 건강보험 장기재정전망 모형에 대한 기초 연구 3장, 한국조세재정연구원, 2016.

• "나노바이오 기술산업화 지원체계 구축사업," (외부자문위원) 한국과학기술기획평가원(KISTEP) 2014 예비타당성조사 보고서, 2015.

• "항암제 안전사용을 위한 임상시험 기반구축연구-경제성분석," 식약처 용역과제, 대한항암요법연구회(KCSG)와 공동수행, 2015.

• "의료연구개발에 따른 건강증진의 경제적 가치," 김정욱 외, 의료산업의 효율적 산업구조와 혁신성 제고에 관한 연구, KDI 연구보고서, 2014-06, 2014.

• "고위험 임산부 지원사업," (외부연구진) KDI 공공투자관리센터 2014 예비타당성조사 보고서, 2014.

• "국립중앙의료원 현대화," (외부연구진) 2014년도 사업계획 적정성 검토보고서, KDI 공공투자관리센터, 2014.

• "노인요양시설의 임대형민자사업(BTL) 적용에 관한 연구," (외부연구진) 복지시설의 임대형민자사업 적용에 관한 연구, KDI 공공투자관리센터 정책연구 보고서, 2013. 

• "범부처 인수공통감염병 극복 기술개발사업," (외부자문위원) 한국과학기술기획평가원(KISTEP) 2012 예비타당성조사 보고서, 2013.

• "기초생활보장수급자지원사업군 - 의료급여," KDI 공공투자관리센터 2012 심층평가 보고서 

• "기초노령연금지원사업,"  KDI 공공투자관리센터 2010 심층평가 보고서, 2011. 

• "고령화와 의료서비스 비용," KDI 정책연구시리즈 2010-05 

• "경상대학교병원 분원 건립사업," (연구총괄) KDI 공공투자관리센터 2010 예비타당성조사 보고서, 2010. 

• "전문자격사 규제개혁의 필요성과 방향," 고영선 외, KDI Focus 2010-04 

• "보건의료서비스분야의 전문자격사제도," 고영선 외, 전문자격사제도 개선방안연구, 제6장, KDI 연구보고서 2009-02 

• "예방과 예방적 의료서비스 이용의 요인분석," KDI 정책연구시리즈 2009-05 

• "장기요양서비스의 수요분석," (진양수와 공저), KDI 정책연구시리즈 2008-05 

• "노인장기요양보험제도의 문제점과 개선방향," (진양수와 공저), KDI 정책포럼 2008-14

• "유럽지역개발정책의 사례 및 시사점,"  고영선 편, 지역개발정책의 방향과 전략, 제3장 (김형태와 공저), KDI 연구보고서 2008-03

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION, SELECTED

• "Public Health Policy through the COVID-19 Pandemic in Korea," The PeSeTo Seminar 2023 in Tokyo, University of Tokyo Hongo Campus, December 2023

• "Lessons from Hospitals' Experiences in Responding to COVID-19," Asia Pacific Pandemic Preparedness and Response Regional Forum, World Bank Group, Ministry of Economy and Finance (Korea), Thailand, September 2023

• "More Health for Money," The 2nd ASEAN-ROK Health Webninar on Health Financing for Universal Health Coverage, November 2022

• "생명의 가치에 대한 경제학적 접근," 헌법재판소(Constitutional Court of Korea), 법사상연구회, November 2022

• "Future of Healthcare in New Normal Era," Panelist, The 21st World Knowledge Forum 세계지식포럼, The Shilla Hotel, Seoul Korea, September 2020

• "Economic Evaluation: Value of Health," 5th International symposium on Health and Environment, Seoul National University, October 2018

• ”Obesity and cardiovascular disease risk,” Annual conference of the Korean Health Economics and Policy, Yonsei University, Seoul Korea, October 2018

• "International comparison of net value in diabetes management," invited speaker, Diabetes net value project workshop, Stanford Center at Peking University, Beijing China, March 2017 

• "Economic Impact of Obesity in Korea," invited speaker, Ministry of Health, Palau & Asian Development Bank Institute(ADBI) Conference on Overweight and Obesity in Asia & the Pacific, Koror Palau, August 2016 

• "Cost of Obesity in Korea: Methodology and Evidence," invited speaker, Asian Development Bank Institute(ADBI) Workshop on Overweight and Obesity in Asia & the Pacific: Facts, Prospects, Consequences and Policies, Tokyo Japan, February 2016 

• "Liver Cirrhosis and Cancer: Comparison of Mortality" & "Liver Disease and Cancer: Comparison of Economic Burden," with Changik Jo, Woo Jin Chung, and Dong Joon Kim, Best Presentation Award, The Liver Week 2015, The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver, Pusan Korea, 2015

• "Healthcare Industry: Trend, Challenge, and Opportunity," Baikal International Scientific-Practical Conference, Ulan-Ude, Russia, August 2015. 

• "Economic Value of Increased Longevity: Experience of Korea from 1970 to 2010," invited speaker, International Conference on Taiwan's National Health Insurance and Social Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan, April 2015 

• "Cost of Liver Disease in Korea: Methodology, Data, and Evidence," invited speaker, The Liver Week 2014, The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver, Jeju Korea, 2014 

• "Survival Analysis," Yonsei University, 2012 Korean Society of Health Economics and Policy  

• "Medical Spending at End of Life” KDI/KAEA Conference, Seoul Korea, 2012

• “Money Transfer and Birth Weight: A Causal Link from Alaska,” with Dr. Beomsoo Kim,  Japan Health Economics Association, The 6th Annual Meetings, Tokyo Japan, 2011. 

• “Economic Resources and Child Health: An Assessment of Certain Mechanisms,” presented at the European Conference on Health Economics, Budapest Hungary, July 2006 

• “Match Quality and the Cyclical Behavior of Equilibrium Unemployment and Vacancies,” with Dr. Mau-Ting Lin, presented at the Australian Meeting of Econometric Society, Alice Springs Australia, July 2006

• “Human Resource Development in the Medical Sector of Singapore” presented at the International Conference on Making Progress through Investments in People: International Perspectives on Human Resource Development in the 21st Century, Ewha Womans University, Seoul Korea, April 2006

ORGANIZER & CHAIR & DISCUSSANT, SELECTED

• Member of Scientific Committee & Moderator of session 7. Longevity in Asia, 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Public Health, Seoul Korea, April 2014

• Organizer, 2008 KDI International Conference on “International Experiences of Regional Policy and Policy Implications for Korea,” Seoul Korea, July 2008 

• Chair, Session of Issues in Health and Environmental Economics, the HKEA/WEAI Pacific Rim Conference, Hong Kong, January 2005 

• Discussant, “The Market for Teacher Quality” by Hanushek E.A., J.F. Kain, D.M O’Brien, and S.G. Rivkin, at the Ninth Annual Meetings, Society of Labor Economist, San Antonio USA., May 2004 

• Discussant, “Population and Human Resource Trends and Challenges,” by Asian Development Bank, Singapore, August 2002

OTHERS, SELECTED

• Best Article Award in Diabetes & Metabolism Journal 2021, Effect of Sarcopenia and Body Shape on Cardiovascular Disease according to Obesity Phenotypes, Korean Diabetes Association, 2022

• Best Presentation Award, Eunsun Gill and Wankyo Chung, 47th E-보건학종합학술대회, Korea Public Health Association, 2022 

• Best Article Award in JOMES, ICOMES & AOCO 2019, Association of Z-Score of the Log-Transformed A Body Shape Index with Cardiovascular Disease in People Who Are Obese but Metabolically Healthy: The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2010

• 2016 Workshop on TreeAge Pro Advanced Markov/DES, DUKE-NUS Medical School, Singapore 

• Best Presentation Award, The Liver Week 2015, Free Paper, The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver, The Korean Association of HBP Surgery, The Korean Liver Cancer Study Group, The Korean Liver Transplantation Society

• Classics master, Ilsong Memorial Library, Hallym University (2013-2016) 

• Best Presentation Award, Jihoon Kim and Wankyo Chung, 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health, 2014 

• 2009 Workshop on Indirect and Mixed Treatment Comparison Methods for Economic Decision Modelling (NECA)

• Marquis Who's Who of Emerging Leaders (2006)

• Marquis Who's Who in the World (2005, 2014)