integrative approach towards healthy ageing for all

Dr. 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