Jung Hyun Kim
junghyunkim.bsky.social
Jung Hyun Kim
@junghyunkim.bsky.social

Health economist & Social epidemiologist | Bell fellow @harvardpopcenter.bsky.social‬ | Ph.D. @uni.lu

https://sites.google.com/view/jung-hyun-kim/

Sociology 20%
Public Health 13%
Pinned
🚨 Underrepresentation of racially and ethnically diverse populations in dementia studies is a challenge.

"How can we make better use of the data we have?"

With @mariaglymour.bsky.social, Kenneth Langa, and @anjaleist.bsky.social, now in American Journal of Epidemiology🔓

👉 doi.org/10.1093/aje/...
Improving accuracy in the estimation of probable dementia in racially and ethnically diverse groups with penalized regression and transfer learning
Abstract. Algorithmic estimations of dementia status are widely used in public health and epidemiological research, however, inadequate algorithm performan
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The evidence keeps accumulating that Brexit was an astonishing self-inflicted economic policy disaster. The fact that it is a slow-moving one bodes ill for those who think that populist economic mismanagement will translate into voters punishing populists. www.nber.org/system/files...

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We are seeking a doctoral researcher in Social Epidemiology/Neuroepidemiology, interested in the nexus of the Social Determinants of Health, lifestyle and risk of neurodegenerative disease, notably Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease.
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#PhD #SDoH #dementia
@uni.lu
Job Portal - University of Luxembourg
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📢 Excited to share my first academic opinion piece—now out #OpenAccess in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics!
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

👇Thread: Why replication code is essential for the future of credible science 🧵
Replication code as a cornerstone of the credibility revolution 2.0
This opinion piece argues that code sharing is a key yet underutilized component of research transparency and the ongoing “Credibility Revolution 2.0.…
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A good peer reviewer - who engages thoughtfully and constructively, teaches, notes what's good about a paper and what can be improved - is such a positive force. As a mentor (and as an editor and an author), I send out deep thanks to everyone who works hard to write kind and useful reviews.

Amazing PhD opportunity to research Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease with Anja and the team! ✨
We are seeking a doctoral researcher in Social Epidemiology/Neuroepidemiology, interested in the nexus of the Social Determinants of Health, lifestyle and risk of neurodegenerative disease, notably Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease.
emea3.mrted.ly/3uvch
#PhD #SDoH #dementia
@uni.lu
Job Portal - University of Luxembourg
emea3.mrted.ly

This is so nice! Thanks for sharing :)

I think this question was probably the starting point of Dube, Lester, and Reich's (2010) “local estimators comparing all contiguous counties” approach...! At the very least, spatial heterogeneity would be less concerning than simply including state FE.

We use transfer learning, a machine learning approach that addresses the deviation-variance tradeoff.

It combines large source data with small target data to create a dementia estimation algorithm.

🔎 Replication R code 👉 github.com/TL-dementia/...

Funding: ERC #Episky #Dementia

Fantastic news before Christmas! :) Congratulations 👏👏👏

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Very happy to see our project masterfully led by Dr Jure Mur now published 🎉 An emulated trial design on the question of effectiveness of hearing aid use to modify #dementia risk.
#Episky
Data #UKBiobank
Funding #ERC
doi.org/10.1093/aje/...
A hypothetical intervention on the use of hearing aids for the risk of dementia in people with hearing loss in UK Biobank
Abstract. Observational studies have reported that hearing aid (HA) use is associated with a reduced risk of dementia diagnosis, suggesting a possible prot
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Here is our 9-minute YouTube video explaining the findings!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4bT...
6. The unintended effects of a large minimum wage increase on health: Evidence from South Korea
YouTube video by Berkeley Population Sciences
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💡How does a large minimum wage increase impact health? 🤔

Excited to share our new paper with @anjaleist.bsky.social
& Marc Suhrcke, now published in Social Science & Medicine (Open Access!) 🔓

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Econsky #Episky
The unintended effects of a large minimum wage increase on health: Evidence from South Korea
The 2018 minimum wage increase in South Korea was a major policy change that impacted employment and labour productivity, but its effects on health ha…
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@giorgiamenta.bsky.social has a fantastic paper on "Maternal genetic risk for depression and child human capital" using the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) survey. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Maternal genetic risk for depression and child human capital
We here address the causal relationship between the maternal genetic risk for depression and child human capital using UK birth-cohort data. We find t…
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Welcome @anjaleist.bsky.social to Bluesky 🌐✨

Her research centers on health inequalities, cognitive aging, and dementia. Check out her recently completed ERC-funded project here: cognitiveageing.uni.lu

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Research update: we have a new version of our pharma M&A paper! AND, we posted the data we collected on m&a deals. Links below, main takeaways in thread.
Paper summary: lucamaini.com/working-pape...
Full draft: lucamaini.com/s/feng_hwang...
Data: www.lucamaini.com/data

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I read an interesting paper on the limits of causal inference methods for questions where there is no counterfactual for the broad structural exposures of interest (e.g., impact of systemic racism on health)

academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...

So, is there a role for causal inference approaches here?
Methodological Approaches to Structural Change: Epidemiology and the Case for Reparations
Abstract. Scholars, activists, and policymakers have long called for reparations – a process of repair and restitution for harm and injustices done – to de
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Thank you so much. It means a lot. I just sent the WP, hope you enjoy reading them!

Check out our session ✨Health and the Minimum Wage✨ at ASHEcon chaired by @mpbitler.bsky.social.

I will give two talks covering Korean and US minimum wage policies. The central focus remains the same: older workers.
Feel free to reach out ☕ #ASHEcon2024

ashecon.confex.com/ashecon/2024...

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Very brief commentary by Vanessa Didelez on causal discovery and the role of expert knowledge when building DAGs: academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
Already suspected that I would like this after her talk yesterday, but I really do dig her writing -- it's very crisp and accessible.

This is incredibly helpful, thank you for the transparency and the courage to share this!

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Here is our response to a recent critique of our 2018 paper on police killings+mental health.

The critique had obvious problems, but nevertheless instigated a formal investigation (which we passed). This was stressful. I am posting because our reply could be useful for teaching:

osf.io/v72q6

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NEW PAPER out today in the BMJ

TRIPOD+AI: reporting recommendations for studies developing or validating prediction models for use in healthcare that use #machinelearning methods

bmj.com/content/385/...

#ArtificialIntelligence #AIstandards #OpenAccess

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#econsky:

I am looking for data on:

-Attitudes about affirmative action/diversity in industry

-Mapping between different industries/occupations and the average number of resumes per position

Thanks!

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I'm trying to write down some of the core public health ideas that I think are truly amazing -ideas I wish were part of popular understanding of health. Here's my first effort: www.linkedin.com/posts/maria-... (forgive slightly maudlin language and AI cover art). Suggestions welcome.
Maria Glymour on LinkedIn: Public health ideas that blew my mind: common mistakes shouldn’t be dea...
#publichealth #epidemiology #graduateschool #injury #motorvehicle #rural
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[📣Workshop on Determinants of Adult Mortality, Morbidity, and Healthy Aging in LMICs📣] by CEDA/CBPH.

- 2-day virtual workshop on determinants of adult mortality, morbidity, and healthy aging in LMICs
- Day 1: 2/23 & Day 2: 3/1

Register/Details: populationsciences.berkeley.edu/conferences/...
My ERC team has created an account where they will share updates of the Stata and R packages they are working on, follow them! bsky.app/profile/erct...

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Apparently this Annual Review of Dev Psych issue is open access, so this paper -- wonderfully led by Dr. Gabe Schwartz -- is available: www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10....
re causal inference in lifecourse epi.
#EpiSky