Dean Jennifer Holmes and Associate Dean Dohyeong Kim participated in the 18th International Conference on Crisis and Emergency Management, held in Osong, Chungbuk Province, South Korea, from July 12-14. The conference focused on the need for global collaboration to improve disaster resilience in response to the climate crisis.
Both Dean Holmes and Dr. Kim delivered keynote presentations at the conference. Dean Holmes presented on the topic of protecting first responders at the scene of terrorist attacks. Dr. Kim discussed his research on identifying asthma-prone children exposed to particulate matter using deep learning, outlining a path toward personalized risk prediction and intervention.
Dr. Kim was awarded the Award of Appreciation by the Asia Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), an autonomous international organization established in 1986 in Bangkok, Thailand, in recognition of his scholarly contributions to the field of disaster policy and management.
