Jeehyun Kim, PhD, MPH

Researcher

✉️ [email protected]

🖇️ LinkedIn: /jeehyun-kim-473269321

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🎓Education

Korea University, Seoul, South Korea                                                 Sep 2020 – Feb 2024 (GPA: 4.43/4.50)

Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology and Medical Informatics (Program in Public Health, Graduate School)

Dissertation: Spatiotemporal Epidemiology in Public Health: A Multifaceted Approach to Scrub Typhus, Kawasaki Disease, and Accidental Falls (Advisor: Byung Chul Chun) 📁

Korea University, Seoul, South Korea                                                   Sep 2017 – Feb 2020 (GPA: 4.36/4.50)

Master of Public Health in Epidemiology and Health Informatics (Graduate School of Public Health)

Thesis: The association between companion animal ownership, the overall life satisfaction, and the subjective stress level using 2017 Seoul Survey (Advisor: Byung Chul Chun)📁

Korea University, Seoul, South Korea                                                    Mar 2011 – Aug 2016 (GPA: 4.20/4.50)

Bachelor of Arts in Public Health in Health Policy and Management (Division of Health Policy and Management, College of Health Sciences)

📚Publications

Publication Listings ORCID | National Library of Medicine | Google Scholar | Research Gate

A. Articles Published or In Press

First author

  1. Kim J†, Park J†, & Kim MH. (2026). Excess Mortality among the elderly in long-term care hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic: a system failure to protect the most vulnerable population in South Korea. Critical Public Health. 36(1):2604690. †contributed equally 🌐
  2. Kim J, MacFadden D, Chun BC, & Santillana M. (2025). Association Between Minimum Temperature and Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Infections in South Korea, 2018–2021: A Retrospective Time-Series Analysis. medRxiv, 2025-09. 🌐
  3. Kim J, Vounatsou P, & Chun BC. (2025). Distribution and Risk Factors of Scrub Typhus in South Korea, From 2013 to 2019: Bayesian Spatiotemporal Analysis. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 11: e68437. 🌐
  4. Kim J, Vounatsou P, Chun BC. (2024). Changes in seasonality and sex ratio of scrub typhus: a case study of South Korea from 2003 to 2019 based on wavelet transform analysis. BMC Infectious Diseases, 24(1):1–9. 🌐
  5. Kim J, Hong K, Yoo D, & Chun BC. (2023). Spatiotemporal clusters of Kawasaki disease in South Korea from 2008 to 2017: A municipal-level ecological study. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 10:1054985. 🌐
  6. Kim J†, Yoo D†, Hong K, & Chun BC. (2022). Health behaviors and the risk of COVID-19 incidence: A Bayesian hierarchical spatial analysis. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 16(2):190–195. †contributed equally 🌐
  7. Kim J, Hong K, Gómez Gómez RE, Kim S, & Chun BC. (2021). ****Lack of Evidence of COVID-19 Being a Risk Factor of Alopecia Areata: Results of a National Cohort Study in South Korea. Frontiers in Medicine, 8:758069. 🌐
  8. Kim J, & Chun BC. (2021). Association between companion animal ownership and overall life satisfaction in Seoul, Korea. PLOS ONE, 16(9): e0258034. 🌐
  9. Kim J, Hong K, Yum S, Gómez Gómez RE, Jang J, Park SH, Choe YJ, Ryu S, Park DW, Lee YS, Lee H, Kim DH, Kim D-H, & Chun BC. (2021). Factors associated with the difference between the incidence and case-fatality ratio of coronavirus disease 2019 by country. Scientific Reports, 11(1):1–11. 🌐
  10. Kim J†, Gómez Gómez RE†, Hong K, Yum S, Jang J, & Chun BC. (2021). Changing influenza activity in the Southern hemisphere countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 108:109–111. †contributed equally 🌐

Co-author

  1. Cha J, Kim J, & Hong K. (2024). Association Between Types of Physical Activity and Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease Based on US Guidelines: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Sage Open, 14(4): 21582440241297817. 🌐
  2. Yang J, Kim J, Chun BC, Lee JM. (2023). Cook with Different Pots, but Similar Taste? Comparison of Phase Angle Using Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis according to Device Type and Examination Posture. Life, 13(5):1119. 🌐
  3. Hong K†, Kisiju T†, Kim J, & Chun BC. (2022). Cardio-cerebrovascular complications in COVID-19 patients: A retrospective cohort study. Frontiers in Medicine, 9:1045274. †contributed equally 🌐
  4. Gómez Gómez RE, Kim J, Hong K, Jang JY, Kisiju T, Kim S, & Chun BC. (2022). Association between Climate Factors and Dengue Fever in Asuncion, Paraguay: A Generalized Additive Model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(19), 12192. 🌐
  5. Yoo DS, Chun BC, Hong K, & Kim J. (2022). Risk Prediction of Three Different Subtypes of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outbreaks in Poultry Farms: Based on Spatial Characteristics of Infected Premises in South Korea. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 631. 🌐
  6. Hong K†, Yum S†, Kim J, Yoo D, & Chun BC. (2021). Epidemiology and regional predictors of COVID-19 clusters: A Bayesian spatial analysis through a nationwide contact tracing data. Frontiers in Medicine, 8:753428. †contributed equally 🌐
  7. Yum S, Hong K, Sohn S, Kim J, & Chun BC. (2021). Trends in Viral Respiratory Infections During COVID-19 Pandemic, South Korea. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(6), 1685. 🌐
  8. Hong K, Yum S, Kim J, & Chun BC. (2021). Re-estimation of basic reproduction number of COVID-19 based on the epidemic curve by symptom onset date. Epidemiology & Infection, 149. 🌐
  9. Hong K, Yum S, Kim J, & Chun BC. (2020). The Serial Interval of COVID-19 in Korea: 1,567 Pairs of Symptomatic Cases from Contact Tracing. Journal of Korean Medical Science, 35(50). 🌐