Aging and the Life Course, Urban, Family, Health, Dementia
Education
(2017) PhD in Sociology, University of Chicago
(2009) MA in Social Sciences, University of Chicago
(2008) BA in Urban Sociology, University of Seoul
Experience
(2024-present) Associate Professor of Sociology, Sungkyunkwan University
(2022-2024) Assistant Professor of Sociology, Sungkyunkwan University
(2021-2022) NIA K99 Postdoctoral Scholar, Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California
(2019-2021) NIA T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California
(2018-현재) NSHAP Fellow, NORC at the University of Chicago
(2017-2018) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
Journal Articles
(2024)
Does Religion Mitigate the Effect of Neighborhood Disorder on Cognitive Decline?: Evidence From a National Longitudinal Study of US Older Adults.
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES.
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(2024)
서울시 인구변화와 중고령기 수면건강 - 외국인 밀집정도와 지역사회 응집력의 상호작용을 중심으로 -.
보건과 사회과학.
66
(2024)
Linking the 1940 US Census to the NSHAP: Novel Opportunity to Understand the Effects of Childhood Residential Environment on Cognitive Aging.
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES.
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(2024)
Race/ethnicity and the measurement of cognition in NSHAP: Recommendations for robustness.
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES.
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(2023)
Childhood Adversity and Passive Suicidal Ideation in Later Life in the United States: Does Religious Attendance Matter?.
JOURNAL OF RELIGION & HEALTH.
62,
6
(2023)
Cumulative exposure to extreme heat and trajectories of cognitive decline among older adults in the USA.
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH.
77,
11
(2023)
Living Alone, Environmental Hazards, and Falls Among US Older Adults.
INNOVATION IN AGING.
7,
6
(2022)
Childhood lead exposure is associated with lower cognitive functioning at older ages.
SCIENCE ADVANCES.
8,
45
(2022)
Do social determinants of health explain racial/ethnic disparities in COVID-19 infection?.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE.
306,
1
(2022)
Disorder, networks, and cognition: do social networks buffer the influence of neighborhood and household disorder on cognitive functioning?.
AGING & MENTAL HEALTH.
26,
5
(2022)
Effect of childhood proximity to lead mining on late life cognition.
SSM-POPULATION HEALTH.
17,
1
(2022)
Adherence to Social-Distancing and Personal Hygiene Behavior Guidelines and Risk of COVID-19 Diagnosis: Evidence From the Understanding America Study.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
112,
1
(2021)
Childhood background measures and their associations with later-life physical, mental, and social health in the national social life, health, and aging project.
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES.
76,
1
(2021)
Multigenerational households during childhood and trajectories of cognitive functioning among US older adults.
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES.
76,
6
(2021)
Are positive childhood experiences linked to better cognitive functioning in later life?: Examining the role of life course pathways.
JOURNAL OF AGING AND HEALTH.
33,
3
(2020)
Productive activities and risk of cognitive impairment and depression: Does the association vary by gender?.
SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES.
63,
4
(2020)
Racial/Ethnic Inequities in Access to High-Quality Dialysis Treatment in Chicago: Does Neighborhood Racial/Ethnic Composition Matter?.
JOURNAL OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES.
1,
1
(2019)
Crime, perceived danger, and adiposity: The role of gender.
JOURNAL OF AGING AND HEALTH.
31,
9
(2019)
Disablement in context: neighborhood characteristics and their association with frailty onset among older adults.
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES.
74,
7
(2019)
A life course approach to total tooth loss: Testing the sensitive period, accumulation, and social mobility models in the Health and Retirement Study.
COMMUNITY DENTISTRY AND ORAL EPIDEMIOLOGY.
47,
4
Publications
(2021)
Measuring life course events and life histories.
Handbook of aging and the social sciences.
Co-author
Honors / Awards
(2024) NIA-funded Center for Healthy Aging Behaviors and Longitudinal Investigations Pilot Grant, University of Chicago (Role: PI; $25,000)
(2024) 서울시립대학교 자랑스러운 도시과학인상
(2021-2026) NIA K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award (Role: PI; $912,267; declined K99 Y2 & R00 due to SKKU appointment)
(2021-2022) NIH R24 Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia Supplement Pilot Award (Role: PI; $74,250)
(2019, 2022) Winner, Population Association of America Poster Award
(2018) First Place, REVES Network on Health Expectancy Annual Meeting Poster Award
(2018-2019) The A. Regula Herzog Young Investigator Fund, University of Michigan Survey Research Center (Role: PI; $8,000)
(2016-2017) George E. Richmond Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, University of Chicago Center for Health and the Social Sciences (Role: PI; $40,000)
(2015) Clifford C. Clogg Scholarship, ICPSR at the University of Michigan
(2014-2015) Urban Doctoral Fellowship, University of Chicago Urban Labs
