Speaker

Eun Hee, Ahn

Biography :

I earned my Doctoral degree from Hallym University in 2014 with a dissertation titled “Neuroprotective Effects of Cell-Permeable Proteins for Parkinson’s Disease. ”Following my doctoral studies, I conducted research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, where I studied Huntington’s disease until 2016. After that, I joined the Department of Neuropathology, Emory University School of Medicine, where I actively pursued research on dementia and Parkinson’s diseases both a Postdoctoral Fellow and later as an Instructor. To date, I have published a total of 61 research papers, including 10 articles as the first or corresponding author in journals ranked within the top 5% of the Journal Citation Reports (JCR)over the past five years. Since 2021, I have been serving as a faculty memberin the Department of Physiology at Hallym University College of Medicine, where I focus on identifying pathogenic factors and developing early diagnostic tools for neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Moreover, I am actively involved in educating medical students. My recent research primarily explores the brain-multi-organ communication mechanisms mediated by the vagus nerve, aiming to identify potential therapeutic candidates for early intervention in the progression of neurodegenerative diseases.