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Prof. Moon Choi

Associate Professor,
Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy,
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
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Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Daejeon

Prof. Moon Choi


Associate Professor,
Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy,
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Bio

Moon Choi is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy at KAIST.  Her research focuses on aging, social welfare, and technology policy. Dr. Choi has published in the areas of senior transportation, mobility limitations, and health and mental health disparities among older adults and been expanding her work to QoLT, gerontechnology, and related policies. She has founded and currently runs a research group called Aging and Technology Policy Lab. If you would like to learn more about her research group, please visit aging.kaist.ac.kr.

Education

Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), 2010
Social Welfare
2005 To 2010
Dissertation: The role of transportation support in the driving cessation process among community-dwelling older adults
Advisor: Kathryn Betts Adams, PhD

Seoul National University
Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Master of Arts (M.A.), 2005
Social Welfare
2003 To 2005
Dissertation: The impact of employment history on labor market exit routes of older workers
Advisor: Sang-Kyun Kim

Yonsei University
Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Bachelor of Science (BS), 2003
Biochemistry
1998 To 2003

Job History

KAIST Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy
Associate Professor
Daejeon, Korea, Republic of
July 2014 - present

University of Kentucky College of Social Work
Assistant Professor
Lexington, KY, United States
July 2012 - June 2014

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Postdoctoral Fellow
Richmond, VA, United States
July 2010 - June 2012

Rutgers University School of Social Work
Adjunct Faculty
New Brunswick, NJ, United States
August 2009 - May 2010

United Nations Secretariat
Intern
New York, NY, United States
February 2009 - April 2009

Areas Of Expertise

  • Technology
  • Transportation

Discipline

  • Social Worker