Professor Emeritus Heung Bong Cha

Professor Emeritus Heung Bong Cha Ph.D

Profession

2009 (present)

President-Elect
of IAGG (International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics)

President and Organising Chairperson
of The 20th IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics (2013, Seoul, Korea)

2009 (present)

Chairperson
Special Committee on Policy Strategy for the Ageing Society and Older People of Seoul Metropolitan Government

2009 (present)

President
Korean Association for Vision of Ageing Society

2008 (present)

Professor Emeritus, Department of Social Welfare, Hallym University

2007

Chairperson
Special Committee on Future Development Strategy of Health Insurance and Social Security Ministry of Health and Welfare

Advisory Chairperson
Presidential Committee on Ageing and Future Society, The Republic of Korea

Chairperson
Special Committee on Long-Term Care for Older People, Ministry of Health and Welfare

2004 - 2005

President, Korean Academy of Social Welfare

2003 - 2006

President, Federation of Korean Gerontological Societies

2003 - 2004

President, Korea Gerontological Society

2003 - 2005

Dean, Graduate School of Social Welfare, Hallym University
Minister of Health and Welfare, The Republic of Korea

1999

President, National Pension Corporation, Korea

1998

Chairperson
Special Committee on Establishment of Integrated Corporation of Health Insurance, Ministry of Health and Welfare

1997 - 1999

Chairperson
Organising Committee for the 6th IAGG Asia/Oceania
Regional Congress of Gerontology (1999, Seoul, Korea)

1994 - 1997

Vice President of Hallym University

1993 - 1994

Dean of Social Science College, Hallym University

1983 - 2008

Professor, Dept. of Social Welfare, Hallym University

Director, Dept. of Social Welfare, Dept. of Health Insurance, Ministry of Health and Welfare, The Republic of Korea

Junior Secretary, Office of the President, The Republic of Korea

Education

1991 - 1998

Graduate Course(Social Welfare)-Ph.D, Choong-Ang University, Korea

1969 - 1971

Graduate Course (Sociology), Seoul National University, Korea

1962 - 1969

Undergraduate Course (Sociology), Seoul National University, Korea

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