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■Current Status:

◆Graduate Student, Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University

■Research Themes

◆Welfare of ALS Patients and their Families in South Korea
◆Comparative Study between Japan and South Korea on Social Isolation of Home-cared ALS Patients and their Families and its Support System

■Academic Achievements

◆March 31, 2013 "A Comparative Study of Systems in South Korea and Japan for Supporting ALS Patients: An Analysis of Public Support Systems for People with Intractable Diseases, Disabilities, or Major Care Needs"
Core Ethics 9:257-268　[Abstract in English]

◆March 31, 2012 "Communication Tools for ALS Patients in the Republic of Korea: Present Status and Problems,"　Core Ethics 8:13-26　[Abstract in English]

◆April 2006 Happy Women: AHN Hyosuk (『孝女――安孝淑』Page in Japanese), Packyoungyull
　cf. Web page from the publisher (in Korean)
　http://blog.naver.com/pyyphpackyoungyull

◆Broadcast about ALS
　February 2006 KBS "Human Drama" South Korea
　2006 MBC "Current Magazine 2580" South Korea
　2005SBS "SBS Special" South Korea
　2004 KBS "People, to the World" South Korea