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GHDP Member Introduction
Hoon Sang Lee
MD, MPH
Education
2000 University of Chicago (B.A. in Economics)
2008 Yonsei University College of Medicine (MD)
2010 Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (MPH)
Work Experience
2008-2009 Medical Officer in Division of National Immunization Program, Korea CDC
2010-2011 Post-doctoral fellow, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
2011-2015 Health Advisor, KOICA HQ
2015-2017 Health Advisor, KOICA Ghana Country Office
2017-Present Visiting Professor, Yonsei University School of Public Health
2013-Present Korea Member of Board, Korea Society of Global Health
2018-Present Member, Health Sector Advisory Committee, KOICA
2019-Present: Co-Founder and Representative Partner, GHDP
Dr. Hoon Sang Lee is currently a visiting professor at Yonsei University School of Public Health in Korea and he also a member of Health Sector Advisory Committee of KOICA and a member of the board for Korea Society of Global Health. He teaches various lectures on the issue of global public health and also provides various advices and consultations on various issues in global health in issues regarding North Korea health support.
Prior, he has worked as health adviser for KOICA (Korea International Cooperation Agency) in the areas of Maternal and Child Health, community based health as well as health system strengthening and health programs using mHealth and innovative technologies. Later as a health adviser in KOICA Ghana country office, he has worked on the development of KOICA Ghana community based primary health strengthening projects and other community based maternal child health project. Also, Dr. Lee has been instrumental in formulation of Global Health Security support project for Ghana together with US CDC, as well as Ghana Better Life for Girls project with UNICEF Ghana country office. He has also contributed for the development of USAID-Samsung mobile health information system partnership project together with Ghana Health Service.
Before KOICA, Dr. Lee has worked in Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Korea CDC) as a medical officer on the area of Measles and hepatitis B immunization program as well as immunization program for migrant population. Also, in Korea CDC, Dr. Lee has worked on the North Korea Immunization Assistance Program as well. He has also worked in the Department of International Health as post-doctoral fellow working on the issue of North Korea Health and Policy Analysis for Health of Children in China.
He has studied Economics and Public Policy in University of Chicago and has graduated from Yonsei University College of Medicine. Later he completed MPH for Global Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.