Assistant Research Scientist (Obesity Solutions, Arizona State University)

Seung-Yong Han Ph.D. in Social Demography

Assistant Research Scientist (Obesity Solutions, Arizona State University) Research Affiliate (Mayo Clinic, Research department) 1000 S. Cady Mall #164, Tempe, AZ 85281 Phone: (602) 751-2031 / (480) 965-9976 Email: [email protected] / [email protected] LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/brainupgraded/

Career Profile Social demographer (PhD) and Data Scientist with 9+ years of experience in research on the effects of individual and contextual factors on human behavior and health Extensive experience in data analysis and project management in diverse contexts in both developed and developing countries

Skills Summary Strong quantitative & Analytical Skills  Certificate in statistics received from the department of Math and Statistics at Arizona State University  Proficient in SAS, Stata and MS Office programs with 8+ years of experience  Experience in ArcGIS, R, Mplus, HTML, and C++  Extensive experience in building advanced statistical models, such as event history, multilevel, first difference, structural equation, propensity score matching and regression models in addition to mediation analysis and population projection Specific experience  Population research design, including demographic, health, environmental issues  Project management and field research in Chitwan, Nepal, and the United States  Rich presentation experience  Teaching statistics at the undergraduate level Worldwide Scope  South Asia (Nepal)  East Asia (South Korea and China)  North America (the United States of America) and Europe (Norway)

Professional Experience 2017–Present. Weight Cohort Study. Goals: The primary goal of the proposed project is to identify barriers and facilitators to engagement in weight management among patients receiving health care throughout LHSNet sites. Duties: Contribute to questionnaire development, data collection and analysis as the site P.I. and co-investigator of the project.

2016–Present. Regional Transit Service, Displacement of Marginalized Residents, and Health Conditions.

1 Goals: To assess the effect of the new public transportation service in Mesa, Arizona on the changes in the health-related neighborhood conditions, with focuses on food choices, housing conditions, and transportation opportunities, among renters in 12 targeted apartments near the new stations in the area. Duties: Oversees the project as a P.I. responsible for proposal writing, survey management, data collection and analysis.

2016–Present. Korea and U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Goals: The proposed project aims to understand how household income in representative samples from the Korea and the U.S. is related to body mass index in two groups of men and women: currently married and never married. Duties: Conduct research including data analysis and writing papers in collaboration with Dr. Daniel Hruschka.

2015–Present. Better Post-Bariatric Lives (funded by Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust). Goals: Surgical treatments for obesity, like bariatric surgery, promise rapid weight loss and relief for those struggling with the daily challenges of obesity. Yet, many people struggle to maintain the benefits of the surgery over the long term, and can find that the many social and emotional adjustments can be unexpectedly challenging. Using insights from social science, including ethnography, this longitudinal project will focus on how people cope with the complex physical and social changes that happen after surgery for many years, to identify strategies that help make lifelong healthy weight maintenance less of a personal and medical struggle. Duties: Conduct research including data analysis and writing papers on the association between weight status and stigma in collaboration with Dr. Alexandra Brewis Slade and Dr. Sarah Trainer.

2015–Present. Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. Goals: Estimate how body image concern mediate the association of high gestational weight gain / postpartum weight retention with depressive symptomatology, breastfeeding, and disordered eating in primapara mothers. Duties: Conduct research including data analysis and writing papers on obesity and mental health by using the data Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) in collaboration with Dr. Alexandra Brewis Slade.

2015–2016. New Jersey Childhood Obesity Survey. Goals: Estimate how eating behavior of children differ by three different types of food environment defined by availability of healthy food and walkability. Duties: Conduct research including data analysis and writing papers on the association between child obesity and food environment in the context of New Jersey in collaboration with Dr. Punam Ohri-Vachaspati and Dr. Robin Dewees.

2013. Tribal Indicators, US Census and ACS Data Collaborative Project. Goals: Estimate how many American Indians were under-counted due to the changes in self- reported race/ethnicity during the period between 1990 and 2010 and how it affected socioeconomic status of American Indian population. Duties: Data analysis and participation in academic conferences under the direct supervision of the Principal Investigator, Dr. Jennifer Glick

2010–2013. Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) Project (NSF, Grant No. OISE-0729709).

2 Goals: On-going projects in both the Wolong National Nature Reserve, China, and the Chitwan National Park, Nepal, as part of an interdisciplinary NSF project comparing approaches to studying population and environment in two different areas. Duties: Data analysis and participation in academic conferences under the direct supervision of the Principal Investigator, Dr. Scott Yabiku

2009 - 2010. Southwest Migration Study (SWMS) Project (NSF, Grant No. DEB-0423704). Goals: Examines the contribution of both current and past environmental exposure and migration history to the health of migrants and non-migrants in the Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan area and Culiacan, Mexico. Duties: Under the direct supervision of the principal Investigator, Dr. Scott Yabiku, contribute to data analysis

2005 - 2008. Institute of Population and Aging Research, Hanyang University, Korea Goals: Research on diverse aspects of the aging population of South Korea Duties: Editing research papers of the Journal of Population and Society, editing and publishing the bimonthly web newsletter, planning and coordinating monthly colloquiums, and data analysis under the direct supervision of the chair of the institution, Dr. Doo-Sub Kim

Proposal Experience 2017. Objective measures of daily activity and sedentariness in the Jackson Heart Study cohort, NIH proposal. Goals: To assess the bi-directional associations of physical activity with physical and mental health outcomes among African Americans who participated in Jackson Heart Study. Duties: Oversee data collection and analysis and contribute to scientific publications as a co- investigator and biostatistician in collaboration with the P.I. Dr. James Levine.

2017. Regional Transit Service, Displacement of Marginalized Residents, and Health Conditions, NIH R21 proposal (submitted on February 14, 2017). Goals: To assess the effect of the new public transportation service in Mesa, Arizona on the changes in the health-related neighborhood conditions, with focuses on food choices, housing conditions, and transportation opportunities, among renters in 12 targeted apartments near the new stations in the area. Duties: Oversees the project as a P.I. responsible for proposal writing, survey management, data collection and analysis.

2016. Using Public Library Health Hubs for Childhood Obesity Prevention and Health Prom, USAD proposal Goals: To assess the effect of an afterschool curriculum at public libraries on increasing daily physical activity among children of age between 10 and 14. Duties: Oversee data collection and analysis and contribute to scientific publications as a senior personnel and biostatistician under the direct supervision of the P.I. Dr. James Levine

2016. Validation of a Mobile Application for Promoting Daily Physical Activity in Smartphone Users, NIH proposal Goals: To assess the effect of a smartphone goal-setting application on increasing daily physical activity among adults. Duties: Oversee data collection and analysis and contribute to scientific publications as a senior personnel and biostatistician under the direct supervision of the P.I. Dr. James Levine

3 2016. Regional Transit Service, Displacement of Marginalized Residents, and Health Outcomes, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Letter of Intent Goals: To assess the effect of the new public transportation service in Phoenix, Arizona on food environment among those who are likely to be forced to move out of developing areas. Duties: In collaboration with Dr. Joanna Lucio as a co-project investigator, lead and organize proposal writing, data collection, and data analysis.

2015. Public Libraries as Hubs to Promote Physical Activity in Underserved Youth, NIH proposal Goals: To assess the effect of the Harvard Food & Fun After School curriculum to underserved Latino youth ages 10–14 in public libraries to increase physical activity Duties: Oversee data collection and analysis, including training data interns to assist in data collection in the field, and contribute to scientific publications as a senior personnel and biostatistician under the direct supervision of the P.I. Dr. James Levine

Education 20 Survey Design and Data Collection. Epidemiology and Population Health Summer Institute at 17. Columbia University (instructor: Dr. Sabrina Hermosilla) 20 Applied Sample Size Estimation and Power Calculations. Epidemiology and Population Health 17. Summer Institute at Columbia University (instructor: Dr. Tomi Akinyemiju) 20 Cultural Consensus Analysis. Institute for Social Science Research (instructor: Dr. Daniel 17. Hruschka). 20 An Introduction to Geographically Weighted Regression. Institute for Social Science Research 17. (instructor: Dr. Stewart Fotheringham). 20 NIH/CDC Social and Behavioral Sciences Faculty Training Workshop AY2016-2017. Arizona 16. State University. 20 2-day Seminar on Longitudinal Analysis using SAS. Statistical Horizons (instructor: Dr. Paul 16. Allison). 20 5-day Seminar on Structural Equation Modeling. Statistical Horizons (instructor: Dr. Paul 16. Allison). 20 3-day Seminar on Longitudinal Data Analysis using Structural Equation Modeling. Statistical 15. Horizons (instructor: Dr. Paul Allison). 20 Strengthening Causal Inference in Behavioral Obesity Research, Short course, University of 15. Alabama at Birmingham. 20 Ph.D. in sociology (specialization in demography), T. Denny Sanford School of Social and 14. Family Dynamics, Arizona State University. 20 Certificate in Statistics, School of Mathematical and Statistical Science, Arizona State 13. University. Classes taken: theory of statistics I and II, applied analysis of variance, applied regression, and applied non-parametric analysis. 20 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Workshop. Institute for Social Science Research 12. (ISSR) at Arizona State University. 20 Causal Inference in the Social Sciences, Workshop. ICPSR Summer Training Program, 10. University of Michigan. 20 M.A. in sociology, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. 08. 20 B.A. in sociology. Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. 06.

Positions 2015 – Present. Assistant Research Scientist, Obesity Solutions, Arizona State University.

4 2016 – Present. Research Affiliate, Research Department, Mayo Clinic. 2015 – 2015. Postdoctoral Scholar, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona (May – Nov.) State University. 2015 – 2015. Editorial Assistant of the academic journal Population Research and Policy Review, (Jan – July) Arizona State University. 2015 – 2015. Research Associate, Center for Population Dynamics, Arizona State University. (Jan – May) 2009 – 2013. Research Assistant, Center for Population Dynamics, Arizona State University. 2008 – 2008. Teaching Assistant, Sociology, Arizona State University. 2006 – 2008. Research Assistant, Institute for Population and Aging Research, Hanyang University.

Publications Brewis, A.A., Han, S.Y., & SturtzSreetharan, C.L. (2017). Weight, Gender, and Depressive Symptoms in South Korea. American Journal of Human Biology 00:e22972. doi:10.1002/ajhb.22972 Raves, D.M., Brewis, A.A., Trainer, S., Han, S.Y., & Wutich, A. (2016). Bariatric surgery patients’ perceptions of weight-related stigma in healthcare settings impair post-surgery dietary adherence. Frontiers in Psychology, Eating Behavior. Han, S.Y., Brewis, A.A., & Wutich, A. (2016). Body image mediates the depressive effects of weight gain in new mothers, particularly for women already obese: evidence from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. BMC Public Health 16: 664. doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3363-8 Brewis, A., Trainer, S., Han, S.Y., & Wutich, A. (2016). Publically Misfitting: Extreme Weight and the Everyday Production and Reinforcement of Felt Stigma. Medical Anthropology Quarterly. doi:10.1111/maq.12309 Glick, J. E. & Han, S.Y. (2014). Socioeconomic Stratification from within: Changes within American Indian Cohorts in the United States: 1990-2010. Population Research and Policy Review, #POPU-D-14-00077R1. Han, S.Y. (2008). Social Integration and Suicide: The Effects of Holidays on a Decrease in Suicide. Population of Korea, 31(1), 169-198.

Papers under Review for Publication Han, S.Y. & Brewis, A.A. Weight Concerns, Body Weight, and Lactation: Evidence from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. American Journal of Human Biology. Han, S.Y., Brewis, A.A., Kurtz, L.C., & Wutich, A. Obesity-Related Stigma Inhibits Exercise in those Currently and Formerly Medically-Classified at Health Risk Due to Obesity. BMC Obesity. DeWeese, R., Adams, M., Kurka, J., Han, S.Y., Todd, M., Yedidia, M., Ohri-Vachaspati, P. Using Latent Class Analysis to Examine Associations between Food and Physical Activity Environmental Patterns for Children’s Food and Activity Behaviors.

Working Papers Han, S.Y., Brewis, A.A., & SturtzSreetharan, C.L. Job Status Shapes Body-Weight Management in South Korea. Target journal: Economics and Human Biology. Han, S.Y. & Hruschka D. Deprivation or Discrimination? Comparing Two Theories of the Reverse Income-Obesity Gradient in the U.S. and South Korea. Target journal: not specified yet.

5 Schuster, R., Han, S.Y., Brewis, A.A., & Wutich, A. Increasing Overweight and Obesity Erodes Neighborhood Engagement by Women, but Not Men. Target journal: not specified yet. Oh, H.S., Han, S.Y., Garbee, R., & Lui, J. Social Network and Physical Activity Mediates the Association between Body Mass Index and Depression in the Elderly. Target journal: not specified yet.

Honors and Awards 2016. A recipient of the 2016 President’s Medal for Social Embeddedness. Project title: FitPhx Energy Zones: A Partnership for Health. 2015. Awardee of Mayo Clinic / ASU Obesity Solutions Research Funding competition. Project title: New Regional Transit Service and Marginalization of Vulnerable Segments of the Population. 2013. Graduate College Dissertation Fellowship Awardee for the 2013-2014 academic years. Arizona State University, USA. http://asu.meritpages.com/Seung-Yong-Han/2245564. 2013. Graduate College Travel Grant for Paper Presentation at 2013 XXVII IUSSP International Population Conference in Busan, Korea. 2013. Travel award for Environmental Demography Summer Short Course. June 13-14 at University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. 2010. Outstanding Poster Award, Population Association of America annual meeting, April 15-17, Dallas, TX. 2006 - 2007. Two-year scholarship for excellent grades at Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. 2005. A scholarship in the 2nd semester of 2005 for excellent grades.

Reviews and Judges 2017. 02. European Psychiatry. Peer-review. 2016. 03. Graduate Student Poster Competition, Institute for Social Science Research. Role: judge. 2015. 12. Graduate Student Poster Competition, Institute for Social Science Research. Role: judge.

Conference Presentations Han, S.Y., Brewis, A.A., & SturtzSreetharan, C.L. (2017, April). Shifting Weight, Weight Concerns, and Weight Management in South Korea. Poster session presented at 2017 Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA. Han, S.Y. and Brewis, A.A. (2016, May). Body Image and Breastfeeding Behavior among Mothers with Obesity: Evidence from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. Poster session presented at 2016 International Congress on Obesity, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Han, S.Y. (2015, April). Migration, Livelihood, and Energy Transition of Rural Farming Households. Poster session presented at 2015 Population Association of America Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. Glick, J.E. & Han, S.Y. (2014, May). Socioeconomic Stratification from within: Changes within American Indian Cohorts in the United States: 1990-2010. Paper presentation at 2014 Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Han, S.Y. (2014, May). Household Assets and Agricultural Transition in Chitwa, Nepal. Poster session presented at the 2014 Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Han, S.Y. (2013, August). Out-Migration and the Transition from Farming to Non-Farming in Chitwan, Nepal. Paper presentation at XXVII IUSSP, Busan, South Korea.

6 Han, S.Y. (2012, August). Migration, Induced Human Activities, and Environment in Chitwan, Nepal. Paper presentation at PIRE Workshop, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Han, S.Y. (2011, March). The Effects of Migration on the Transition to First Marriage among Latinos in the context of USA and Mexico. Poster session presented at the 2011 Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. Yabiku, S. T. and Han, S.Y. (2010, April). Neighborhood Toxic Emissions, Migration, and Mobility. Poster session presented at the 2010 Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX. Han, S.Y. (2010 April). The Effect of Potential Time Together on Marital Happiness and Marital Dissolution by Immigration Status. Poster session presented at the 2010 Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX. Han, S.Y., Kawakami, A., & Fukui, H.M. (2009, April 9th). The Effect of Social Networks on Attitude toward American Democracy by U.S. Born & Immigrants. Paper presentation at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Conference, SD. Han, S.Y. (2007, November 31st). Social Integration and Suicide: The Effects of Holidays on a Decrease in Suicide. Paper presentation at the Second Conference of the Population Association of Korea, South Korea.

Teaching Experience 2017. Lecture titled “Built Environment of Vulnerable Groups”. OBS 501: Obesity Prevention and Management: An Introduction. 2014. SOC390 Social Statistics, Summer session A. 2013. SOC390 Social Statistics, Summer session B.