Professor
Chungnam National University
Myonghwa Park obtained her undergraduate degree (1994) and master’s degree (1997) in nursing from Keimyung University, South Korea. She completed her Ph.D. of Gerontological Nursing (2001) and Postmaster of Nursing Informatics (2001) at The University of Iowa. After backed to South Korea in 2002, she was appointed to College of Nursing at Keimyung University as a fulltime faculty. Since 2011 she works as a nursing faculty at Chungnam National University (CNU). Dr. Park has led multidisciplinary research teams to conduct more than 30 regional and national projects. Main of the projects aims to improve health of people with dementia and vulnerable older adults, while reducing burden of their family caregivers; development programs to improve evidence-base practice of Korean nurses; and created innovative solutions for community care. She has made hundreds scholarly contributes, including nearly 100 peer-reviewed research papers and 56 books and book chapters. She serves in leadership roles in a number nursing societies in South Korea.