Professor, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH), Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Adjuctive Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

 

2024 - now Professor, Department of Neuropsychiatry, SNUBH

2019 - 2024 Associate professor, Department of Neuropsychiatry, SNUBH

2019 - 2021 Visiting scholar, Department of neurology, Alzheimer's disease center, University of California at Davis, CA, USA

2015 - 2019 Training director, Department of Neuropsychiatry, SNUBH

2013 - 2019 Assistant professor, Department of Neuropsychiatry, SNUBH

2013 - now   Faculty, Geriatric Center, SNUBH

2013 - now   Faculty, Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment Center, Brain and Cognitive Neuroscience Institute (BCNI), SNUBH

 

2006  M.D., Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea

2011  Board of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea

2012  Specialist of Geriatric Psychiatry, Korean Association of Geriatric Psychiatry

 

2000 - 2006 Doctor of Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

2010 - 2012 Master of Medical Science, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

2012 - 2019 Ph.D. in Medical Science, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

2006 - 2007 Rotating Internship, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

2007 - 2011 Resident, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

2011 - 2013 Clinical & Research Fellow, Dementia Special Clinic and Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

2007 - now  Member, Korean Neuropsychiatric Association

2016 - 2018  Academic executive officer, Korean College of Geriatric Psychoneuropharmacology

2016 - 2017  Expert committee, Gyeonggi-do Provincial Dementia Center (Korea)

2017 - now   Director at Large, Society for Cognitive Intervention (Korea)

2017 - 2018  Reviewer, Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research

2019 - now   Academic committee, Korean Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

2014-04-10 Korea Future Investigator Award, awarded by Korean Neuropsychiatric Association

[1]  Han JW, Kim TH, Jhoo JH, Park JH, Kim JL, Ryu SH, Moon SW, Choo IH, Lee DW, Yoon JC, Do YJ, Lee SB, Kim MD, Kim KW. A Normative Study of the Mini-Mental State Examination for Dementia Screening (MMSE-DS) and Its Short form (SMMSE-DS) in the Korean Elderly. Journal of Korean Geriatric Psychiatry 2010 14(1):27-37 [non-SCI(E)]

[2]  Han JW, Lee SB, Kim TH, Park JH, Lee JJ, Huh YS, Choi EA, Choe JY, Do YJ, Lee DY, Kim KW. Functional impairment in the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment. ALZHEIMER DISEASE & ASSOCIATED DISORDERS 2011 Jul-Sep;25(3):225-9

[3]  Han JW, Kim TH, Lee SB, Park JH, Lee JJ, Huh Y, Park JE, Jhoo JH, Lee DY, Kim KW. Predictive validity and diagnostic stability of mild cognitive impairment subtypes. ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA 2012 Nov;8(6):553-9

[4]  Chi YK, Han JW, Jeong H, Park JY, Kim TH, Lee JJ, Lee SB, Park JH, Yoon JC, Kim JL, Ryu S-H, Jhoo JH, Lee DY, Kim KW. Development of a screening algorithm for Alzheimer’s disease using categorical verbal fluency. PLoS One 2014 Jan 2;9(1):e84111

[5]  Han JW, Oh K, Yoo S, Kim E, Ahn K, Son Y, Kim TH, Chi YK, Kim KW. Development of the Ubiquitous Spaced Retrieval-based Memory Advancement and Rehabilitation Training (USMART) Program. PSYCHIATRY INVESTIGATION 2014 Jan;11(1):52-8

[6]  Choe JY, Han JW, Kim TH, Kim JL, Moon SW, Park JH, Kim SG, Kim B-J, Kwak K-P, Ryu S-H, Yoon JC, Lee DY, Lee DW, Lee SB, Lee JJ, Jhoo JH, Kim KW. A new scoring method of the Mini Mental Status Examination to screen for dementia. DEMENTIA AND GERIATRIC COGNITIVE DISORDERS 2014 Feb 6;37(5-6):347-356

[7]  Yoo BI, Lee JJ, Han JW, Oh SY, Lee EY, Macfall JR, Payne ME, Kim TH, Kim JH, Kim KW. Application of variable threshold intensity to segmentation for white matter hyperintensities in fluid attenuated inversion recovery magnetic resonance images. Neuroradiology 2014 Apr;56(4):265-81

[8]  Han JW, Jeong H, Park JY, Kim TH, Lee DY, Lee DW, Ryu SH, Kim SK, Yoon JC, Jhoo J, Kim JL, Lee SB, Lee JJ, Kwak KP, Kim BJ, Park JH, Kim KW. Effects of social supports on burden in caregivers of people with dementia. INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOGERIATRICS 2014 Oct;26(10):1639-1648

[9]  Choi JY, Jeong H, Park JY, Kim TH, Lee DY, Lee DW, Ryu S-H, Kim S-K, Youn JC, Jhoo JH, Kim JK, Lee SB, Lee JJ, Kwak KP, Kim B-J, Moon SW, Bae JN, Park JH, Kim KW, Han JW. Factors Associated with the Attitudes toward Dementia in Community Caregivers: Results from the Nationwide Survey on Dementia Care in Korea. Journal of Korean Geriatric Psychiatry 2015;19(1):24-31 [non-SCI(E)]

[10]  Park JH, Lee SB, Lee JJ, Yoon JC, Han JW, Kim TH, Jeong HG, Newhouse PA, Taylor WD, Kim JH, Woo JI, Kim KW. Epidemiology of MRI-defined vascular depression: A longitudinal, community-based study in Korean elders. Journal of affective disorders 2015 Jul 15;180:200-6

[11]  Lee JJ, Lee EY, Lee SB, Park JH, Kim TH, Jeong HG, Kim JH, Han JW, Kim KW. Impact of White Matter Lesions on Depression in the Patients with Alzheimer's Disease. PSYCHIATRY INVESTIGATION 2015 Oct;12(4):516-22

[12]  Lee H, Yoo BI, Han JW, Lee JJ, Oh SY, Lee EY, Kim JH, Kim KW. Construction and Validation of Brain MRI Templates from a Korean Normal Elderly Population. PSYCHIATRY INVESTIGATION 2016 Jan;13(1):135-145

[13]  Han JW, Lee H, Hong JW, Kim K, Kim T, Byun HJ, Ko JW, Youn JC, Ryu SH, Lee NJ, Pae CU, Kim KW. Multimodal Cognitive Enhancement Therapy for Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Dementia: A Multi- Center, Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blind, Crossover Trial. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease 2017;55(2):787-796.

[14]  Han JW, So Y, Kim TH, Lee DY, Ryu SH, Kim SY, Kim SG, Kim SK, Youn JC, Jhoo JH, Kim JL, Lee SB, Lee JJ, Kwak KP, Moon SW, Kim BJ, Bae JN, Woo JI, Jeong H, Park JH, Kim YJ, Kim KW. Prevalence Rates of Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment Are Affected by the Diagnostic Parameter Changes for Neurocognitive Disorders in the DSM-5 in a Korean Population. DEMENTIA AND GERIATRIC COGNITIVE DISORDERS 2017 Feb 25;43(3-4):193-203

[15]  Han JW, Son KL, Byun HJ, Ko JW, Kim K, Hong JW, Kim TH, Kim KW. Efficacy of the Ubiquitous Spaced Retrieval based Memory Advancement and Rehabilitation Training (USMART) program among patients with mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled crossover trial. Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy 2017 Jun 6;9(1):39

[16]  Suh SW, Han JW, Lee JR, Byun S, Kwon SJ, Oh SH, Lee KH, Han G, Hong JW, Kwak KP, Kim BJ, Kim SG, Kim JL, Kim TH, Ryu SH, Moon SW, Park JH, Seo J, Youn JC, Lee DY, Lee DW, Lee SB, Lee JJ, Jhoo JH, Kim KW. Sleep and Cognitive Decline: A Prospective Non-demented Elderly Cohort Study. Annals of Neurology 2018 Mar;83(3):472-482

[17]  Lho SK, Kim TH, Kwak KP, Kim K, Kim BJ, Kim SG, Kim JL, Kim TH, Moon SW, Park JY, Park JH, Byun S, Suh SW, Seo JY, So Y, Ryu SH, Youn JC, Lee KH, Lee DY, Lee DW, Lee SB, Lee JJ, Lee JR, Jeong H, Jeong HG, Jhoo JH, Han K, Hong JW, Han JW, Kim KW. Effects of lifetime cumulative ginseng intake on cognitive function in late life. Alzheime’rs Research & Therapy 2018 May 24;10(1):50.

[18]  Kwak M, Han JW, Ha JH. Telling life stories: a dyadic intervention for older Korean couples affected by mild Alzheimer's disease. INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOGERIATRICS 2018 JUL; 30(7):1009-1018

[19]  Han JW, Kim TH, Kwak KP, Kim K, Kim BJ, Kim SG, Kim JL, Kim TH, Moon SW, Park JY, Park JH, Byun S, Suh SW, Seo JY, So Y, Ryu SH, Youn JC, Lee KH, Lee DY, Lee DW, Lee SB, Lee JJ, Lee JR, Jeong H, Jeong HG, Jhoo JH, Han K, Hong JW, Kim KW. . Overview of the Korean Longitudinal Study on Cognitive Aging and Dementia (KLOSCAD). PSYCHIATRY INVESTIGATION 2018 Aug;15(8):767-774.

[20]  Park JH, Lee SB, Lee JJ, Yoon JC, Han JW, Kim TH, Jeong HG, Newhouse PA, Taylor WD, Kim JH, Woo JI, Kim KW. Depression Plays a Moderating Role in the Cognitive Decline Associated With Changes of Brain White Matter Hyperintensities. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2018 Sep 4;79(5)

[21]  Han JW, Ahn YD, Kim WS, Shin CM, Jeong SJ, Song YS, Bae YJ, Kim JM. Psychiatric Manifestation in Patients with Parkinson's Disease. J Korean Med Sci. 2018 Nov 1;33(47):e300 [Epub ahead of print] [Review]

[22]  Ha JH, Kwak M, Han JW, Lee HJ, Ingersoll-Dayton B, Spencer B, Kim KW. The effectiveness of a couple-based intervention for mild Alzheimer's disease patients and their spousal caregivers in Korea. Dementia (London) 2018 Nov 23:1471301218811547. [Epub ahead of print]

[23]  Jang SM, Han JW, Shin J, Kim TH, Kwak KP, Kim K, Kim BJ, Kim SG, Kim JL, Kim TH, Moon SW, Park JY, Park JH, Byun S, Suh SW, Seo JY, So Y, Ryu SH, Youn JC, Lee KH, Lee DY, Lee DW, Lee SB, Lee JJ, Lee JR, Jeong H, Jeong HG, Jhoo JH, Han K, Hong JW, Kim KW. Normal-But-Low Serum Folate Levels and the Risks for Cognitive Impairment. Psychiatry Investig. 2019 Jul;16(7):532-538

[24]  Chi YK, Han JW, Park S, Kim TH, Lee JJ, Lee SB, Park JH, Youn JC, Kim JL, Ryu SH, Jhoo JH, Kim KW. Development of a Screening Algorithm for Alzheimer's Disease Using Categorical Fluency and Confrontational Naming Abilities. J Korean Geriatr Psychiatry. 2019;23(1):28-32

[25]  An H, Han JW, Jeong HG, Kim TH, Lee JJ, Lee SB, Park JH, Kim KW. Parasympathetic predominance is a risk factor for future depression: A prospective cohort study. J Affect Disord. Volume 260, 1 January 2020, Pages 232-237 [E-pub]

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