BIO SKETCH
Euna Han is a Professor in the College of Pharmacy at the Yonsei University, Inchon, South Korea. She received her doctorate in Health Policy and Management, specializing in health economics, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2006. As a health economist, Professor Han has considerable research experience in the area of the economics of health behaviors. Her research has previously examined the economic consequences of obesity, exploring the potential underlying mechanisms of the association of obesity with employment and earnings in various populations. Her current research primarily focuses on assessing health policy outcomes and the economics of health behaviors particularly for disability and obesity, using quantitative methodologies.
Education
1995 B.S., Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
2000 M.P.H., Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
2006 Ph.D. in Health Economics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
Dissertation: “The effect of obesity on labor market outcomes” (Chair: Edward C. Norton)
Employment
2020−current: Professor. College of Pharmacy, Yonsei University, Incheon, South Korea.
2014−2019: Associate Professor. College of Pharmacy, Yonsei University, Incheon, South Korea.
2011−2013: Assistant Professor. College of Pharmacy, Gachon University, Incheon, South Korea.
2007−2010: Research Specialist. Institute for Health Research and Policy, U of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
2006−2007: Post-Doctoral Fellow. Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, U of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
2004−2006: Pre-Doctoral Fellow. GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC.
2000−2002: Research Associate. Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, Seoul, South Korea.
1995−1997: Clinical Research Associate. Dong-Ah Pharmaceutical Company, Seoul, South Korea.
EXTERNAL COMMITTEES AND BOARDS
보건복지부, 첨단재생의료 및 첨단바이오의약품 심의위원회 위원 (2025-2026)
건강보험심사평가원, 약제급여평가위원회 위원 (2020-2027)
건강보험심사평가원, 위험분담제 소위원회 위원 (2023-2027)
국민건강보험공단, 국민건강정보자료제공 심의위원회 위원 (2025-2026)
건강보험심사평가원, 데이터 전문가 자문단 위원 (2022~2026)
질병관리청, 예방접종전문위원회 도입평가분괴위원회 위원 (2023~2027)
식품의약품안전처, 장애인 의약외품 안전사용 정책 협의체 위원 (2023-2025)
식품의약품안전처, 의약외품 정책 소통 협의체 위원 (2025-2026)
