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Hye-Sook Park

Ewha Womans University · Medicine

About the Lab

Professor Hye-Sook Park's research lab focuses on interdisciplinary health and physical sciences, with a strong emphasis on chronic disease epidemiology, multimorbidity patterns in aging populations, and the physiological impacts of environmental and metabolic stressors. The lab investigates the interplay between socioeconomic factors, metabolic syndrome, and health-related quality of life in older adults, while also exploring the biomechanical and physical stabilization mechanisms in extreme conditions, such as high-pressure materials behavior. Recent work includes studies on air pollution effects on school absenteeism and the role of obesity and insulin resistance in colorectal precancerous lesions.

chronic diseasemultimorbiditymetabolic syndromehealth-related quality of lifeepidemiology

Research Overview

Papers
497
Total Citations
11,876
Papers (5y)
68
Primary Field
Medicine

Research Output Trend

Figures are computed from collected data and may differ slightly.

Publications per year (5y)
68total
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Citations per year (5y)
901total
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Selected Papers

15
1
Article|152 citations·1986
Features of the heat island in seoul and its surrounding cities
Hyesook Park
Atmospheric Environment (1967)
Environmental EngineeringEnvironmental Science
2
Article|127 citations·2004
Individuals with type 2 diabetes and depressive symptoms exhibited lower adherence with self-care
Hyesook Park, Young-Sun Hong, Hyejin Lee, Eun‐Hee Ha, Yeon‐Ah Sung
SJR Q1Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismMedicine
3
Article|111 citations·2010
Viscous Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Experiments at High Pressure and Strain Rate
Hyesook Park, K. Thomas Lorenz, R. M. Cavallo, S. M. Pollaine, Shon Prisbrey, Robert E. Rudd, Richard Becker, Joel V. Bernier, B. A. Remington
SJR Q1Physical Review Letters

Experimental results showing significant reductions from classical in the Rayleigh-Taylor instability growth rate due to high pressure effective lattice viscosity are presented. Using a laser created ramped drive, vanadium samples are compressed and accelerated quasi-isentropically at approximately 1 Mbar peak pressures, while maintaining the sample in the solid state. Comparisons with simulations and theory indicate that the high pressure, high strain rate conditions trigger a phonon drag mecha

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy
4
Article|109 citations·2002
Association of Air Pollution With School Absenteeism Due to Illness
Hyesook Park, Bo-Eun Lee, Eun‐Hee Ha, Jong-Tae Lee, Ho Kim, Yun‐Chul Hong
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Air pollution is associated with illness-related absences among elementary students.

Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisEnvironmental Science
5
Article|98 citations·2011
Studying astrophysical collisionless shocks with counterstreaming plasmas from high power lasers
Hyesook Park, D. D. Ryutov, Jeffrey S. Ross, N. L. Kugland, S. H. Glenzer, C. Plechaty, S. M. Pollaine, B. A. Remington, Anatoly Spitkovsky, L. Gargaté, G. Gregori, A. R. Bell
SJR Q2High Energy Density Physics
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy
6
Article|82 citations·2019
Use of latent class analysis to identify multimorbidity patterns and associated factors in Korean adults aged 50 years and older
Bomi Park, Hye Ah Lee, Hyesook Park
SJR Q1PLoS ONEOA

INTRODUCTION: Multimorbidity associated with significant disease and economic burdens is common among the aged. We identified chronic disease multimorbidity patterns in Koreans 50 years of age or older, and explored whether such patterns were associated with particular sociodemographic factors and health-related quality-of-life. METHODS: The multimorbidity patterns of 10 chronic diseases (hypertension, dyslipidemia, stroke, osteoarthritis, tuberculosis, asthma, allergic rhinitis, depression, dia

EpidemiologyMedicine
7
Article|75 citations·2008
Association Between BMI and Metabolic Syndrome and Adenomatous Colonic Polyps in Korean Men
Go‐Eun Lee, Hyesook Park, Kyung E. Yun, Sung H. Jun, Hong Kim, Sung‐Il Cho, Jin Hee Kim
SJR Q1ObesityOA

Obesity and insulin resistance are associated with the risk of colon cancer. Adenomatous colonic polyps are precancerous lesions of colon cancer. We investigated whether BMI and the metabolic syndrome are associated with the presence of adenomatous colonic polyps in Korean men. Anthropometric measurements, metabolic risk factors, and colonoscopic pathologic findings were assessed in 1,898 men who underwent routine colonoscopy at the Health Promotion Center of Asan Medical Center in 2005. The mod

OncologyMedicine
8
Article|73 citations·2001
Risk factors for back pain among male farmers: Analysis of Iowa Farm Family Health and Hazard Surveillance Study
Hyesook Park, Nancy L. Sprince, Paul Whitten, Leon F. Burmeister, Craig Zwerling
SJR Q1American Journal of Industrial Medicine

BACKGROUND: Back pain causes considerable morbidity, disability, and economic loss among workers. Farmers handle heavy objects, often in awkward postures. However, the prevalence of back pain among farmers and the risk factors associated with back pain are not well known. METHODS: In this study, we assess the frequency of risk factors for back pain among 287 Iowa male farmers. From 1992 to 1994, using a mail questionnaire, we collected data on potential risk factors for back pain. Eighteen month

PharmacologyMedicine
9
Article|72 citations·2018
Multimorbidity and health-related quality of life in Koreans aged 50 or older using KNHANES 2013–2014
Bomi Park, Minsu Ock, Hye Ah Lee, Seonhwa Lee, Hyejin Han, Min-Woo Jo, Hyesook Park
SJR Q1Health and Quality of Life OutcomesOA

BACKGROUND: Multimorbidity negatively affects health outcomes and impairs health-related quality of life (HRQoL). We assessed the prevalence of multimorbidity in Koreans aged 50 and older, taking into consideration their socioeconomic status, and estimated the loss in HRQoL due to multimorbidity. METHODS: This study is based on an analysis of data for adults aged 50 and older derived from the cross-sectional nationally representative Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conduc

EpidemiologyMedicine
10
Article|68 citations·2010
Strong stabilization of the Rayleigh–Taylor instability by material strength at megabar pressures
Hyesook Park, B. A. Remington, Richard Becker, Joel V. Bernier, R. M. Cavallo, K. Thomas Lorenz, S. M. Pollaine, Shon Prisbrey, Robert E. Rudd, Nathan R. Barton
SJR Q2Physics of Plasmas

Experimental results showing significant reductions from classical in the Rayleigh–Taylor (RT) instability growth rate due to high pressure effective lattice viscosity in metal foils are presented. Stabilization of RT instability (RTI) by ablation and density gradients has been studied for decades. The regime of stabilized RTI due to material strength at high pressure is new. On the Omega Laser in the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, target samples of polycrystalline van

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy
11
Article|60 citations·2010
Association between pre-pregnancy body mass index and socioeconomic status and impact on pregnancy outcomes in Korea
Hyesook Park, Bo Eun Lee, Hyesook Park, Eun Hee Ha, Seung-Woong Lee, Young Jin Kim
SJR Q2Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Overweight gravidas were associated with low education status, low economic status, and adverse pregnancy, whereas low weight gain during pregnancy was associated with low education status of the gravida and her husband, preterm delivery, and SGA.

Obstetrics and GynecologyMedicine
12
Article|50 citations·2014
A time series study on the effects of cold temperature on road traffic injuries in Seoul, Korea
Won-Kyung Lee, Hye Ah Lee, Seung-Sik Hwang, Ho Kim, Youn-Hee Lim, Yun‐Chul Hong, Eun‐Hee Ha, Hyesook Park
SJR Q1Environmental Research
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisEnvironmental Science
13
Article|50 citations·2009
Parental socioeconomic status and unintentional injury deaths in early childhood: Consideration of injury mechanisms, age at death, and gender
Juhee Hong, Bo-Eun Lee, Eun Hee Ha, Hyesook Park
SJR Q1Accident Analysis & Prevention
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMedicine
14
Article|49 citations·2015
Associations between Sugar Intake from Different Food Sources and Adiposity or Cardio-Metabolic Risk in Childhood and Adolescence: The Korean Child–Adolescent Cohort Study
Yang‐Im Hur, Hyesook Park, Jae-Heon Kang, Hye Ah Lee, Hong Ji Song, Hae‐Jeung Lee, Ok-Hyun Kim
SJR Q1NutrientsOA

The increasing prevalence of childhood obesity is a serious public health problem associated with co-morbidities in adulthood, as well as childhood. This study was conducted to identify associations between total sugar intake and sugar intake from different foods (fruit, milk, and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs)), and adiposity and continuous metabolic syndrome scores (cMetS) among Korean children and adolescents using cohort data. The study subjects were children (n = 770) who participated in

Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismMedicine
15
Article|48 citations·2009
Effect of Oxidative Stress on Birth Sizes: Consideration of Window from Mid Pregnancy to Delivery
Jungwon Min, B. Park, Yong‐Jae Kim, Hyukjin Lee, Eun‐Hee Ha, Hyesook Park
SJR Q1Placenta
Obstetrics and GynecologyMedicine

Research Areas

Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsEpidemiologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

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