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11.26.2025
The team “Mental Artisans” (Jeonghyun Ahn, Ritta Kim, Jieun Noh, Eungju Park, Woohyung Lee, and Chaerin Hwang) received an Encouragement Award at the K-CURE Cancer Public Library Competition. Congratulations!
10.22–24.2025
At the 2025 Fall Conference of the Korean Society for Preventive Medicine, members of the lab received several awards.
Jieun Noh received the Outstanding Oral Presentation Award, while Yunseong Heo and Woohyung Lee were awarded the Outstanding Poster Presentation Awards. Congratulations!
09.05.2025
Prof. Jung gave a presentation at the 19th Annual Conference on Suicide Prevention, 2025.
09.02.2025
Prof. Jung presented at the International Seminar of the National Assembly Suicide Prevention Forum.
08.28.2025
Dr. Rita Kim has been selected for the National Research Foundation’s Postdoctoral Domestic Training Program.(한국연구재단 박사후국내연수과정) Congratulations!
08.28.2025.
Jieun Noh has been selected for the National Research Foundation’s Master’s Research Fellowship Program.(한국연구재단 석사과정 연구장려금 과정) Congratulations!
08.08.2025
Prof. Jung presented on the state of national mental health as Korea’s representative at the 2025 APEC.
07.25.2025
PROCESS-A Summer Workshop on Child and Adolescent Suicide and Self-Harm Cohort
07.25.2025
Together with Minister Eun Kyung Jung of Health and Welfare, who attended the suicide prevention experts’ meeting just four days after taking office.
07.22.2025
With Dr. Young-A Choi from Seobuk Hospital, we learned about illness, poverty, homelessness, and the health of vulnerable populations.
07.16.2025
Our CC-MHS cohort profile was published. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40610010/
07.03.2025
Learned from Professor Hyun-Soo Kim at Seongjang School Byeol on youth mental health, Korea’s system, and social-emotional learning.
06.28.2025
Prof. Jung gave a presentation at the National Assembly seminar on AI and Mental Health: Integration and Cooperation for Suicide Prevention, and had a discussion session with former World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and students.
06.24.2025
We had a meeting with Professor Hee Jung Min of Dongguk University , who specializes in Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), and we discussed preventive measures for adolescent mental health.
06.11-13. 2025
In celebration of the 2025 SER (Society for Epidemiologic Research) Annual Meeting, Hyejin and Doowoong successfully delivered their oral presentations, while Jeonghyun concluded a well-received poster presentation.
06.11-13. 2025
At SER 2025, we had the great opportunity to connect with collaborators from Harvard, MGH, and many other institutions from around the world, including those based in the Boston area.
06.11-13, 2025
Congratulations to Hyejin on receiving the SER Stephen L. Buka Travel Award!
05.16.2025
Jieun Noh, our graduate student, won the Grand Prize, the Minister of Health and Welfare Award, at the 50th Korean Public Health Association Conference. Congrats!
05.16.2025
Our undergraduate intern, Changhyun Kim, won the Korean Public Health Association President’s Award at the 50th Korean Public Health Association Conference. Congrats!
4.11.2025
RE*MINDers’ Spring
02.26.2025
RE*MIND graduate Dr. Youngrong Lee delivered a special lecture on “Applications of Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Epidemiology.”
03.06.2025
Congratulations to Dr. Sunghyuk Kang on receiving the Yonsei University Graduate School Excellence in Research Award!
03.03.2025
Congratulations, Dr. Hyejin Kim has been accepted for a 2025 Stephen L. Buka Travel Scholarship, Sponsored by the Department of Epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health
02.25.2025
Congratulations to Yunseong on being selected for the Outstanding Paper Award by the Journal of Adolescent Studies!
02.24.2025
Dr. Dongkyu Lee obtained his certification as a specialist in preventive medicine in Korea with the highest distinction. Congratulations!
02.24.2025
Congratulations!
Dr. Sunghyuck Kang, MD, PhD
Dr. Hyejin Kim, PhD
02.17.2025
The PROCESS-A Child and Adolescent Self-harm and Suicide Mental Health Cohort includes comprehensive psychiatric and psychological assessments along with physical measurements, blood tests, heart rate variability (HRV), and brain imaging studies.
01.24.2025
Dr. Sunghyuck Kang’s special lecture on ” How to code NHIS data in mental health epidemiology research”
01.16.2025
Prof. Jung delivered a keynote speech at the National Assembly forum titled, “A Study on Responses to Disasters and Collective Trauma in Korea: Current Situation and Future Directions.”
12.20.2024
Christmas & New year’s retreat!
11.05.2024
Dr. Ji Su Yang’s paper was highlighted in the South Korean media!
10.23-25. 2024
At the Korean Society for Preventive Medicine, Prof. Jung delivered two lectures: one on the development and challenges of psychiatric epidemiology in Korea, and another on the social determinants of health and mental health.
Additionally, Jeonghyun received the Outstanding Oral Presentation Award, and Ji Su was awarded the Outstanding Poster Presentation Award. Congratulations!
10.2024
We, RE*MINDers
After lunch break
10.2024
Our Physician-Scientist project MeRIT started!
09.27.2024
Prof. Jung’s presentation at the International Society for Trauma and Stress Studies (ISTSS), Boston.
09.21.2024
Multidisciplinary Child and Adolescent Mental Health Cohort Pilot Study
09.20.2024
At the Korean Society of Epidemiology, our lab’s youngest member, second-year pre-med student Chang-Hyun Kim, gave an oral presentation, and Dr. Eun-Hye Kim received an award for outstanding poster presentation.
09.13.2024
Physician-Scientist Kick-Off Meeting
09.2024
After the first project lab meeting of the second semester,
RE*MIND.
09.06.2024
Conducting our Digital Phenotyping project in community middle school. We are learning the essence of the primary community data survey.
08.2024.
We’re ready for the PROCESS-A project!
06.2024.
Dr. Kang Sung-hyuk, a psychiatrist- epidemiologist, successfully delivered an SER oral presentation on the relationship between bipolar disorder medication and relapse.
06.2024.
RE*MINDers made a Korean Epidemiologists’ network in 2024 Society for Epidemiologic Research in Austin, TX.
06.2024.
Prof. Jung’s new book ” An introduction to quantifying mental health: Psychiatric Epidemiology.” was published.
05.2024.
PROCESS-A kick-off meeting at Yonsei University College of Medicine.
05.2024.
After each community survey, the research team gathers for a review meeting. We focus on the events that occurred during the survey, assessing what went well and identifying areas for improvement, while also planning for future activities. Field surveys are enjoyable.
05.2024.
We conducted a study on the digital phenotypes of mental health in children and adolescents in the community.
04.2024.
Prof. Jung received the Hanmi Young Medical Researcher Award from the Korean Medical Women’s Association (KMWA).
03.2024.
Joint research meeting: Yonsei-SNUH-Korea Univ gathered for adolescent self-harm research
03.2024.
Kelly made a wonderful poster presentation at the American Heart Association-Epi lifestyle. Congrats!
02.2024
Congratulations to all the graduates!
Dr. Ji Su Yang
Dong-kyu Lee, MS
Jeonghyun Ahn, MPH
02.2024
Prof. Jung made a research collaboration network with Oxford, UK. (Dr. Sarah Baumeister)
02.2024
Prof. Jung gave an invited lecture at Liverpool University, UK.
02.2024
Farewell to our friend, Andrew Chang, from Harvard Medical School.
01.2024
Andrew Chang, who was dispatched to our lab from Harvard Medical School, presented a proposal at the lab meeting.
12.2023
Merry Christmas
from RE*MIND!
12.2023
End-of-semester party!
10.2023.
RE*MIND dinner gathering
08. 2023.
RE*MIND has been awarded NIH R01 grants in the capacity of a co-Investigator, in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital.
06.2023.
Dr. Doowoong Lee was awarded the K-Medi Convergence Talent Training Support Project from KHIDI . As a RE*MINDer, he will be dispatched to Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Congratulations!
02.10.2023
Dr. Jung gave a lecture at MGH, Department of Psychiatry. The title of the lecture was “How trauma engraves into our body: evidence from a large-scale epidemiology cohort from South Korea”
12.16.2022
Our cohort CC-MHS(CMERC COVID-19 Mental Health Survey) joined IHCC(International Hundred K+ Cohort Consortium)
12.10.2022
Dr. Jung gave a lecture at the educational university of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Psychological society
11.11.2022.
We started our 5 th survey of CC-MHS.
11.08.2022
Dr. Jung gave a lecture at Harvard Population and Development Center. Her talk was about “Mental health in South Korea: Issues from epidemiological assessment”
10.13.2022
RE*MINDers’ poster presentation at MGH Clinical Research Day 2022 (5 posters!)
08.15.2022
RE*MINDers’ night!
Celebrating end of the semeter & Sabbatical of Dr. Jung
RE*MINDers attended Society for Epidemiologic Research 2022, Chicago, IL, USA, and presented oral and poster abstracts.
03.14.2022.
Dr. Jung won Young Investigators Award from Yonsei University College of Medicine.
03.12.2022.
Dr. Jung gave a lecture at the Korean Society of Preventive Medicine, entitled ” Body, Mind, and Society: my journey in Psychiatric Epidemiology”
01.24.2021
Ms. Minseo Park became Master of Public Health! Congratulations, Minseo!
11.10.2021
Dr. Jung gave a online lecture at IBM international. The talk was about mental health issues in South Korea, including women’s suicide and COVID-19.
09.30.2021
Congratulations to Dr. Ga Bin Lee for her PhD degree. She was co-mentored by Dr. Sun Jae Jung and Dr. Hyeon Chang Kim at the Dept. of Public Health, Yonsei University
09.16.2021.
Prof. Jung was awarded “Hyungwoodang Young Researcher Award” from Korea Epidemiology Society.
08.31.2021.
Book Reading “Regresion methods in biostatistics, 2nd Ed” Completed!
06.21.2021.
2021 Community Health Survey -Kangwha area, Started.
04.24.2021.
Five papers got out in a week!
Congratulations to:
Ga Bin Lee, Ji Su Yang, and Ye Jin Jeon!
04.22.2021.
RE*MINDers are currently working with Korea Demantia Research Center, Directed by Prof. Inhee Mook-Jung. Our aim is to develop Dementia Platform Korea (DPK) programs.
04.21.2021.
Dr. Youngrong Lee’s work is being presented as the representative paper of Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health.
Find it out on the JPMPH’s official webpage: https://www.jpmph.org/
02.21.2021.
Prof. Sun Jae Jung gave an invited lecture at Dept. of Psychiatry, Kyunghee University Medical Center.
04.02.2021.
RE*MIND’s work on Community Health Survey in Kanghwa area was honored by president of KDCA, Dr. Jeong Eun-Kyung.
( 질병관리청장 표창, 지역사회건강조사 질평가 전국 42개 대학중 1위)
02.09.2021.
Winter Book Reading II :
“An Introduction to genetic epidemiology”
Completed!
01.04.2021.
RE*MINDer’s Winter Book Reading: R and SEM
Completed!
12. 11. 2020
Ye Jin Jeon, MPH won the best paper award bestowed by the president of Yonsei University.
Congratulations, Ye Jin!
10.20. 2020
Prof. Jung’s viewspoint regarding current problems of Korean quarantine principles was published in Yonsei Annals.
10.16. 2020
In the 72th Koran Society for Preventive Medicine, Prof. Jung gave two invited lectures: 1) Mediation analysis in psychiatric epidemiology, and 2) Measuring adolescent health: an example of Mental Health survey of Korean Youth.
Also, Yu Jin Lee, Young-rong Lee, and Ye Jin Jeon gave poster presentations.
09.10. 2020
Our project “Development of mental health index for national health survey” got an “Excellent” grade from Center for Disease Control and Prevention!
09.08. 2020
An article led by Ye Jin Jeon, entitled “Does serum vitamin D level affect the association between cardiovascular health and cognition? Results of the Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Etiology Research Center (CMERC) study” was published in European Journal of Neurology. Congratulations, Ye Jin!
09.21. 2020
Prof. Jung was appointed as a R&D review board of National Center for Mental Health, Korea
05.01~12.31. 2020
Prof. Jung reported her work regarding COVID-19 prevention and population mental health on numerous media including Arirang TV, KBS, SBS and other news papers.
08. 31. 2020.
2020 Summer Book Reading
“Survival Analysis” by D.G. Kleinbaum and M. Klein
Completed!
July, 21.2020
Prof. Jung was invited to give an on-line lecture for the Trauma Stress Work Group, Korea
08.21. 2020
RE*MIND had two MPH graduations.
Congratulations!!
Yu Jin Lee, MPH/ Ye Jin Jeon, MPH
July, 3. 2020.
Prof. Jung gave a lecture about “Depression and Cardiovascular Disease: Results in Epidemiology” in the international section of Korean Society of Heart Research.
July, 3. 2020.
A Collaborative work against COVID-19 between Epidemiology and Infectious Disease divisions at Severance Hospital, S.Korea was published, led by Dr. Yong-Woo Jeon.
June.09.2020
Prof. Sun Jae Jung had an inverview with THE WORLD, a collaborative media network with BBC and WGBH, about mental health and epidemic in South Korea.
Recent article led by Kwanghyun was published in BMJ DRC. Congratulations, Kwanghyun!
You can read full paper at the link below :https://drc.bmj.com/content/8/1/e001272
Two recent articles led by Ye Jin and Yu Jin were published in Journal of Affective Disorders. Congratulations on great works!
You can find the link below to read full papers.
May. 21. 2020
Prof. Sun Jae Jung gave a talk as a panel in ” COVID-19: a global health perspective” hosted by Broad Institute, Boston, USA
May. 04. 2020
Prof. Sun Jae Jung on Arirang Live, discussing about COVID-19 and quarantine strategy in S. Korea
April.10.2020.
Prof. Sun Jae Jung had an interview with media, and mentioned about the importance of mental health among the quarantines in S. Korea
Apr. 08.10.
Prof. Sun Jae Jung presented the result of “COVID-19 and mental health in general population in S. Korea” through the interview with Yonhap news.
Apr. 08.10.
A paper led and corresponded by Prof. Sun Jae Jung has been published in YMJ as a editorial. It also got the top read paper in the Dept. of Preventive Medicine in Yonsei University.
Apr. 22. 2020
The lecture given by Dr. Yunjeong Joo from Seoul National University about disabled and their mental health issues.
03.10.-03.11.2020
Making an online survey for COVID-19 and Mental Health among CMERC cohort participants.
03.02.2020
Review of the COVID-19 outbreak and mental health by prof. Sun Jae Jung
02.18.2020
RE*MINDers attending “COVID-19, its social impact and perspective” in Seoul National University Asia Research Center
02.17.2020
Special lecture for RE*MINDers from prof. Chul-hyun Cho, ” Basic concepts in Psychiatry”
01.17.20.
Special lecture for RE*MINDers from prof. Hyeran Koo, ” Network analysis”
01.01. 2020
Prof. Jung was appointed as a member of the editorial board of official journal of KIHASA.
12.23.2019
Special lecture for RE*MINDers from prof. Chang-woo Kim, ” Understanding Cancer codes in National registry”
12.13.2019
It was definitely the day of RE*MINDers! Kwang-Hyun Kim and Yejin Jeon won the best research award from the Yonsei Preventive Medicine.
12.01.2019
Prof. Sun Jae Jung worked as a chair of an epidemiologic session from International Diabetes Epidemiology Group, 2019.
11.27.2019
Our master student Yu-jin Lee passed her Master’s thesis defense successfully with high score from the committee members. Congratulations!
11.01.2019
Movie night! Our members enjoyed the movie ” Ji-Young Kim, born in 1982″ and also enjoyed delicate food & talk.
10.25.2019
Prof. Sun Jae Jung gave a talk in the Korean society for the sleep medicine annual conference
10.17-19, 2019
Attending Korean Society for Preventive Medicine (대한예방의학회). Kwang-Hyun Kim and Yu-Jin Lee made oral presentations and Ye-Jin Jeon made poster presentations. Congratulations for Kwang-Hyun for winning the prestigious Byuk-En Lee Sung Kwan award!
10.13.2019
Prof. Sun Jae Jung made a talk about PTSD and trauma research in the Kwan-ak Forum for public health, Seoul National University.
10.10.2019
Prof. Sun Jae Jung chaired a session of the Symposium of Women’s health research hosted by Korean Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
09.29.2019
RE*MINDer’s attended the ” Brain in the social world” held in Dept. of Sociology, Yonsei University.
09.26.2019
Prof. Sun Jae Jung make an invited talk as the recipient of Young Investigator Award in the 5th International Symposium of the Resilience Research.
09.10.2019
Launching Basic Research Lab research focusing on the Inflammaging, cardiovascular health, and psychological stress in collaboration with Dr. Hyeon Chang Kim (Yonsei), Dr. Eui-Chul Shin, and Dr. Youme Kim (KAIST).
07.09.2019
Visiting Kang-wha community health center for starting 2019. Community Health Survey.
July-August, 2019
We read and learn through our “Epi Book reading club” and finished “[Introduction to Mediation, Moderation, and Conditional Process Analysis] by A.F. Hayes
06.18-21. 2019
Attended Society for Epidemiologic Research in Minneapolis, MN, USA. Ye-Jin mae two poster presentations.
04.20.2019
Prof. Sun Jae Jung worked as a panel for a epidemiology session in the Korean Heart Association.
04.12.2019
Prof. Sun Jae Jung gave an invited talk in the Korean Neuropsychiatry Association.
03.27.2019
Prof. Sun Jae Jung gave a presentation of alcohol consumption status in Community Health Survey Report, hosted by K-CDC.
Jan-Feb, 2019
Epi Book Club finished reading “Medical Statistics at a Glance, 4th Ed” by A Petrie.
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