Sojung Park

Sojung Park is an Associate Professor at the School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, and a faculty scholar of the Institute for Public Health where she collaborates with public health researchers. Her full-time academic role focuses on environmental gerontology to address health and well-being disparities in aging populations through person-environment dynamics.

Her research interests include:

• Environmental Gerontology
• Aging and Environment
• Aging in Place
• Vulnerable Older Adults (poverty, living alone, chronic conditions)
• Cross-National and Cross-Cultural Studies
• Long-Term Care Systems
• Supportive Housing for Low-Income Older Adults

Dr. Park's longitudinal work examines subjective health, hospitalization, and nursing home admission, while her cross-cultural studies analyze age-friendly environments and well-being among socio-culturally vulnerable elders. The news highlighted her November 19, 2019 research on modifying social and physical spaces to facilitate aging in place.

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