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Keun-Ah Cheon
[edit]Keun-Ah Cheon, M.D., Ph.D., is a prominent South Korean child and adolescent psychiatrist, serving as a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Yonsei University College of Medicine and as the director of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Severance Hospital in Seoul, South Korea. She is renowned for her contributions to understanding neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Early Life and Education
[edit]Dr. Cheon earned her M.D. from Yonsei University College of Medicine in 1994, followed by an M.S. and Ph.D. in medical science with a focus on child and adolescent psychiatry from the same institution. Her doctoral dissertation centered on developing a diagnostic tool for ADHD in Korean children and exploring its genetic associations.
Career
[edit]Current Roles
[edit]- President, Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (KACAP) (2024–Present)
- Director, Severance Autism and Developmental Disorder Center (2023–Present)
- Professor, Yonsei University College of Medicine (2017–Present)
Notable Past Roles
[edit]- Visiting Scholar, Developmental Neuroimaging Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2009–2010)
- Deputy Director, Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine, Yonsei University (2020–Present)
Research and Contributions
[edit]Dr. Cheon's research encompasses neuroimaging, pharmacogenomics, and the gut-brain axis in ASD. She has led several large-scale projects, including:
- Investigations into the neuro-phenotypes of ASD using induced pluripotent stem cells.
- Studies on the role of gut microbiota and immune response in ASD.
- Development of artificial intelligence tools for ASD diagnosis and management.
Her work is extensively published in leading journals, and she frequently collaborates with international researchers.
Awards and Honors
[edit]- 2005: Outstanding Young Investigator Award from the Korean Academy of Neuropsychiatry.
- 2006: Donald J. Cohen Fellowship Award, International Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP).
- 2006: 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century, International Biographical Centre (Cambridge, UK)
- 2008: TOP 100 Health Professionals, International Biographical Centre (Cambridge, UK)
- 2017: Writing Award from the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Selected Books
[edit]- Textbook of Autism Spectrum Disorders (2024)
- The Illusion of Fully Understanding a Child's Mind (2022)
- Adolescent Development and Psychiatry (2021)
- Mom, I’m Getting Smarter (2016)
- A Comprehensive Understanding of ADHD (2015)
- Child Psychiatry Revised Based on DSM-5 (2014)
- Translation of Smarter Parenting, Smarter Kids (2012)
Selected Articles
[edit]- Jae Han Kim, JaeSeong Hong, Hangnyoung Choi, Hyun Goo Kang, Sangchul Yoon, Jung Yeon Hwang, Yu Rang Park, Keun-Ah Cheon, Development of Deep Ensembles to Screen for Autism and Symptom Severity Using Retinal Photographs. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Dec 1;6(12):e2347692.
- Hangnyoung Choi, Jae Han Kim, Hee Sang Yang, Jong Yeob Kim, Samuele Cortese, Lee Smith, Ai Koyanagi, Elena Dragioti, Joaquim Radua, Paolo Fusar-Poli, Jae Il Shin, , Keun-Ah Cheon, Marco Solmi. Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for irritability in autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis with the GRADE assessment. Mol Autism. 2024 Jan 23;15(1):7.
- Heeyeon Kim, Jae Han Kim, Junghwan Kim, Jong Yeob Kim, Samuele Cortese, Lee Smith, Ai Koyanagi, Joaquim Radua, Paolo Fusar-Poli, Andre F Carvalho, Gonzalo Salazar de Pablo, Jae Il Shin, Keun-Ah Cheon, Marco Solmi. Subjective and objective sleep alterations in medication-naïve children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2023 Jul 20:32:e48.
- Ha S, Oh D, Lee S, Park J, Ahn J, Choi S, Cheon KA. Altered Gut Microbiota in Korean Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Nutrients. 2021 Sep 22;13(10):3300.
- Ke, F., Choi SJ., Kang, YH., Cheon KA and Lee SW. Exploring the structural and strategic bases of autism spectrum disorders with deep learning. IEEE Access, vol. 8 (2020). Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3016734
- Cheon KA, Park JI, Koh YJ, Song J, Hong HJ, Kim YK, Lim EC, Kwon H, Ha M, Lim MH, Paik KC, Constantino JN, Leventhal B, Kim YS. The social responsiveness scale in relation to DSM IV and DSM5 ASD in Korean children. Autism Res. 2016 Sep; 9(9):970-80.
- Lee JM, Kyeong S, Kim E, Cheon KA. Abnormalities of Inter- and Intra-Hemispheric Functional Connectivity in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Study Using the Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange Database. Front Neurosci. 2016 May 3; 10:191.