Faculty Directory
- Name
- Hwa Young CHOI
- Faculty Appointment
(title, department)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Cancer Control and Population Health
- Area of Expertise
- Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Data science
- Contact no
- 031-920-2761
- E-mail
- hychoi@ncc.re.kr
- Work Experience
- Nov 2022 – Aug 2024: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Cancer Center
Aug 2021 – Oct 2022: Researcher, National Cancer Center
May 2014 – Jun 2021: Researcher, National Cancer Center
- Educational Background
- Sep 2017 – Aug 2022: Ph.D. Public health sciences, Hanyang University
Mar 2011 – Aug 2013: M.S. Statistics, Kyungpook National University
Mar 2006 – Feb 2011: B.S. Information Statistics, Andong National University
- Research Interests
- Public health, Infectious disease epidemiology, Health Economics
- Achievements
- - (2024) Prevalence, Incidence, and Treatment Pattern of Wilson’s Disease Using National Health Insurance Data From 2010-2020, Korea.
- (2023) Core indicators related to the elimination of hepatitis B and C virus infection in South Korea: A nationwide study.
- (2023) Epidemiological trends and outcomes of primary biliary cholangitis in South Korea between 2009 and 2019.
- (2022) Hepatocellular carcinoma, decompensation, and mortality based on hepatitis C treatment: A prospective cohort study.
- (2022) A cost-effectiveness study of universal screening for hepatitis C virus infection in South Korea: A societal perspective.
- (2022) Association between levels of physical activity and low handgrip strength: Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2014-2019.
- (2021) Estimated incidence of juvenile-onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis in South Korea.
- (2020) Comorbidities and Prescribed Medications in Korean Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C: A Nationwide, Population-Based Study.
- (2020) Association between viral hepatitis infection and Parkinson's disease: A population-based prospective study.
- (2019) Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in South Korea from 2007 to 2017.
- (2019) The change in the nationwide seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus and the status of linkage to care in South Korea from 2009 to 2015.
- (2019) Cost-effectiveness of sofosbuvir plus ribavirin therapy for hepatitis C virus genotype 2 infection in South Korea.
- (2019) Prevalence of human papillomavirus-related diseases in the Republic of Korea: a cross-sectional study.
- (2018) Health Behavior Associated Liver Enzymes among Obese Korean Adolescents, 2009-2014.
- (2018) Cost-effectiveness and health-related outcomes of screening for hepatitis C in Korean population.
- (2018) Incidence and Overall Survival of Biliary Tract Cancers in South Korea from 2006 to 2015: Using the National Health Information Database.
- (2018) The economic burden of human papillomavirus infection-associated diseases in the Republic of Korea, 2002-2015.
- (2017) Current status of hepatitis C virus infection and countermeasures in South Korea.
- (2017) Risk of diabetes in viral hepatitis B or C patients compared to that in non-infected individuals in Korea, 2002-2013: A population-based cohort study.
- (2017) Healthcare Costs for Chronic Hepatitis C in South Korea during 2009-2013: An Analysis of National Health Insurance Claims Data.
- (2017) Population-based Prevalence, Incidence, and Disease Burden of Autoimmune Hepatitis in South Korea.
- (2017) Nontuberculosis Mycobacterial Infections in Tuberculosis Specialized Treatment Center in republic of Korea.
- (2015) Incidence, prevalence and complications of Budd-Chiari syndrome in South Korea: a nationwide, population-based study.
- (2015) Population-based epidemiology of primary biliary cirrhosis in South Korea.
- (2015) Comparison and analysis of the prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection by region in the Republic of Korea during 2005-2012.
- (2015) Risk Factors for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection in Areas with a High Prevalence of HCV in the Republic of Korea in 2013.
- (2014) Prevalence of fungal infections using National Health Insurance data from 2009-2013, South Korea.
