Jong Cheol Shin

Dr. Jong Cheol Shin serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health at Lehigh University's College of Health. His interdisciplinary expertise spans epidemiology, health geography, kinesiology, and health technologies to investigate environmental influences on human health behaviors.

Education

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brown University School of Public Health
• Ph.D. in Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• M.S. in Applied Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• M.S. in Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• B.S. in Sports Medicine, Kyung Hee University
• B.S. in Physics, Kyung Hee University

Research Interests

Dr. Shin's work centers on three pillars: (1) social/built environmental impacts on population health; (2) mHealth, wearable, and AR/VR applications for health interventions; (3) evidence synthesis methodologies promoting health equity. His research spans spatial epidemiology, sleep-physical activity dynamics, obesity, GIS, green/blue spaces, and health inequality. He actively bridges fundamental research with practical community health solutions through technological innovation.