민지은 Jieun Min

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Email: adela32@pusan.ac.kr

Research Interests

  • Health impact of climate change
  • Infectious disease modeling
  • Dynamics of atmospheric moisture

Education

2025 Ph.D. Department of Environmental Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine
2022 M.A. Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University
2020 B.A. School of Health and Environmental Science, Korea University

Work Experience

2025 2025 Teaching. Regular lecture: Recent Insights in Environmental and Occupational Medicine (Ewha Womans University College of Medicine)
2025 2025 Postdoctoral Fellow. Department of Environmental Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine
2023 2023 Teaching assistant. Regular lecture: Understanding the environment and children's health (K-MOOC)
2021 2021 Teaching assistant. Regular lecture: Introduction to Biostatistics (Seoul National University)

Fellowships, Awards, and Honors

2025 [Awards] Best Thesis Awards. Ewha Womans University. Research title: Air pollution, climate change, and kidney disease-related mortality using multi-country database
2024 [Awards] Best Academic Paper Awards. Ewha Womans University. Research title: Fluctuating risk of acute kidney injury-related mortality for four weeks after exposure to air pollution: a multi-country time-series study in 6 countries. Prize money: 1 million won
2024 [Awards] Best Abstract Awards. Asian Pacific Congress of Nephrology 2024 & The 44th Annual Meeting of the Korean Society of Nephrology Joint Conference. Research title: Fluctuating risk of acute kidney injury-related mortality for four weeks after exposure to air pollution: a multi-country time-series study in 6 countries. Prize money: 0.5 million won
2023 [Grants] Graduate School Interdisciplinary Project. Ewha Womans University. Research title: Analysis of the relationship between diet habits, blood heavy metal level, and depression during pregnancy. Research grants: 3 million won
2023 [Grants] Trainee of the Environmental Health Training Program. Environmental Health Centre of the Catholic University of Korea funded by the Ministry of Environment. Research title: Investigation on the association between air pollution and acute kidney injury: plausible mechanism through comorbid disease. Research grant: 5 million won
2022 [Awards] Administrator Prize (Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Symposium to identify and resolve the cause of the regional disparities. Research title: Individual and regional characteristics associated with changes in mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea. Prize money: 3 million won
[Grants] Research project contest to alleviate the health inequality. Korean Society of Epidemiology. Research title: Disparities in mental health attributable to regional inequality in environment. Research grant: 3 million won
2018 [Awards] Excellence Prize. Korean Society of Environmental Health. Research title: The joint effects of some beverages intakes and smoking on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the Korea population

Publications

  1. Jieun Min, Whanhee Lee, Jieun Oh, Cinoo Kang, and Eunhee Ha.; “The role of humidity in heat-related mortality comparing between relative and absolute humidity: a case time series study in South Korea”, Environmental Health Perspectives, 2025
  2. Jieun Oh, Cinoo Kang, Jeongmin Moon, Insung Song, Dohoon Kwon, Ejin Kim, Hyemin Jang, Jinah Park, Ayoung Kim, Nazife Pehlivan, Jieun Min, Whanhee Lee, and Ho Kim.; “Association between greenness and suicide attempts in patients with depression: A nationwide longitudinal cohort study”, Environmental Research, 2025, 271:121099. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2025.121099
  3. Seoyeong Ahn, Hyewon Yun, Jieun Oh, Sooyoung Kim, Hyemin Jang, Yejin Kim, Cinoo Kang, Sojin Ahn, Ayoung Kim, Dohoon Kwon, Jinah Park, Insung Song, Jeongmin Moon, Ejin Kim, Jieun Min, Ho Kim, and Whanhee Lee.; “Short-term exposure to warm-season ozone, cardiovascular mortality, and novel high-risk populations: a nationwide time-stratified case-crossover study”, Atmospheric Environment, 2025, 345:121031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2025.121031
  4. Ah-Reum Jo, Ba Reum Kwon, Inae Lee, Jieun Min, Sohyeon Choi, Na-Youn Park, Younglim Kho, Jeongmin Park, Ho Kim, and Kyungho Choi.; “A novel approach for unveiling co-occurrence patterns of UV filter mixtures in sunscreens: prioritization for hazard and risk assessment”, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2025, 290:117527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.117527
  5. Jieun Min, Whanhee Lee, Duk-Hee Kang, Seoyeong Ahn, Ayoung Kim, Cinoo Kang, Jongmin Oh, Hyemin Jang, Chor Ho Jo, Jinah Park, Jeongmin Moon, Sooyoug Kim, Jungsil Lee, Minho Kim, Youngrin Kwag, and Eunhee Ha.; “Air pollution and acute kidney injury with comorbid disease: a nationwide case-crossover study in South Korea”, Environmental Research, 2024, 260:119608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.119608
  6. Jiwoo Park, Whanhee Lee, Dukhee Kang, Jieun Min, Hyemin Jang, Cinoo Kang, Dohoon Kwon, Youngrin Kwag, and Eunhee Ha.; “Summer temperature and emergency room visits due to urinary tract infection in South Korea: a national time-stratified case-crossover study”, BMC Public Health, 2024, 24:2274. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19454-1
  7. Jungsil Lee (co-first), Jieun Min (co-first), Whanhee Lee, Kyongmin Sun, Won Chul Cha, Chaerin Park, Cinoo Kang, Juyeon Yang, Dohoon Kwon, Youngrin Kwag, Jongmin Oh, Jae-Hong Ryoo, and Eunhee Ha.; “Timely accessibility to healthcare resources and heatwave-related mortality in 7 major cities of South Korea: A two-stage approach with principal component analysis”, Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific, 2024, 45:101022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101022
  8. Jieun Min, Whanhee Lee, Jongmin Oh, Youngrin Kwag, Eunji Kim, Joyce Mary Kim, Kyung A Lee, and Eunhee Ha.; “Disparities in the association between ambient temperature and preterm birth according to individual and regional characteristics”, Environmental Health, 2024, 23:23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-024-01062-6
  9. Cinoo Kang, Whanhee Lee, Chaerin Park, Jieun Oh, Jieun Min, Jinah Park, Munjeong Choi, Jeongju Jang, and Ho Kim.; “Beneficial impacts of residential greenness on sleep deprivation in adults aged 19 or older living in South Korea: A nationwide community health survey in 2011–2018”, Science of The Total Environment, 2024, 914:169700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169700
  10. Jieun Min, Duk-Hee Kang, Cinoo Kang, Michelle L. Bell, Ho Kim, Juyeon Yang, Antonio Gasparrini, Eric Lavigne, Masahiro Hashizume, Yoonhee Kim, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Yasushi Honda, Susana das Neves Pereira da Silva, Joana Madureira, Yue Leon Guo, Shih-Chun Pan, Ben Armstrong, Francesco Sera, Pierre Masselot, Joel Schwartz, Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera, Jung Pyo Lee, Ziyad Al-Aly, Jung Won Lee, Youngrin Kwag, Eunhee Ha, and Whanhee Lee.; “Fluctuating risk of acute kidney injury-related mortality for four weeks after exposure to air pollution: a multi-country time-series study in 6 countries”, Environment International, 2024, 183:108367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108367
  11. Jieun Min, Michelle L. Bell, Yijun Kim, Ga Eun Kim, Jee Hyun Kim, Ji Young Kim, Soo In Kim, Joel Schwartz, Whanhee Lee, and Eunhee Ha.; “Hospital admission risks and excess costs for neurological symptoms attributable to long-term exposure to fine particulate matter in New York State, USA”, Environmental Research, 2023, 229:115954. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.115954
  12. Jinah Park, Cinoo Kang, Jieun Min, Ho Kim, Ejin Kim, Insung Song, Hyemin Jang, Dohoon Kwon, Jieun Oh, Jeongmin Moon, and Whanhee Lee.; “Association of long-term exposure to air pollution with chronic sleep deprivation in South Korea: a community-level longitudinal study, 2008-2018”, Environmental Research, 2023, 228:115812. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.115812
  13. Jieun Oh, Jieun Min, Cinoo Kang, Jung Pyo Lee, Ho Kim, and Whanhee Lee.; “Excess mortality and the COVID-19 pandemic: causes of death and social inequalities”, BMC Public Health, 2022, 22:2293.
    https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14785-3
  14. Jieun Min, Jieun Oh, Soo In Kim, Cinoo Kang, Eunhee Ha, Ho Kim, and Whanhee Lee.; “Excess suicide attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea: a two-stage interrupted time-series analysis.”, Scientific Reports, 2022, 12: 18390. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22751-7
  15. Jieun Min (co-first), Dohoon Kwon (co-first), Whanhee Lee, Cinoo Kang, Chaerin Park, Seulkee Heo, Michelle Bell, and Ho Kim.; “Individual and regional characteristics associated with changes in mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.”, Scientific Reports, 2022, 12(1): 14189. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18493-1
  16. Whanhee Lee, Kristi Prifti, Ho Kim, Ejin Kim, Juyeon Yang, Jieun Min, Jae Yoon Park, Yong Chul Kim, Jung Pyo Lee, and Michelle L. Bell.; “Short-term Exposure to Air pollution and the Attributable Risk of Emergency Room Visits for Kidney Diseases: a Nationwide Time-series Study in South Korea.”, Epidemiology, 2022, 33(1): 17-24. https://doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000001430
  17. Jieun Min, Cinoo Kang, Shreeya Wasunkar, and Ho Kim.; “The joint effect of leisure activity and alcohol drinking on mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in Korean adults: Analysis of the 2019 Korea Community Health Survey.”, The Korean Journal of Public Health, 2021, 58(2): 70-79. https://doi.org/10.17262/KJPH.2021.12.58.2.70
  18. Ji Eun Min, Da-An Huh, and Kyong Whan Moon; “The Joint Effects of Some Beverages Intake and Smoking on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Korean Adults: Data Analysis of the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES), 2008–2015.”, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020, 17(7), 2611. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072611