The Office of Research and Innovation congratulates Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kim Yun Jin on his publications in The Lancet Neurology, an authoritative journal of original research, review, opinion, and news covering international issues relevant to neurologists worldwide.

Dr. Kim co-authored two articles with more than 80 collaborators from across the world. The papers were published online on 11 and 14 March 2019 respectively. The titles of the papers are:

“Global, regional, and national burden of stroke, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016”; and
“Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016”.

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Age-standardised stroke incidence by country, for both sexes, 2016 (Image adapted from the publication).

On “Global, regional, and national burden of stroke”, the authors stated the value of their study:

“The findings presented in this manuscript provide crucial information that could serve as the basis for resource allocation for stroke prevention, evidence-based planning for acute stroke care, and stroke rehabilitation facilities. Additionally, we provide evidence that most of the burden of stroke can be attributed to modifiable risk factors and identified risk clusters that can be targeted to reduce the incidence of stroke.”

The link to the article is:

https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(19)30034-1

On “Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders”, the authors stated the significance of their study:

“Our study findings have important health service implications. The increase in the number of people affected by non-communicable neurological disorders implies a need for substantially increased resources for their management. Our detailed estimates for 195 countries and a growing number of subnational locations provides a basis for locality-specific priority setting and financing of health services, including workforce development.”

The link to the paper is:

https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(18)30499-X

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Global disability-adjusted life years (DALY)s for neurological disorders by age, 2016.

Dr. Kim commented on the study:

“From the study, it is shown that high-income countries with effective prevention strategies see a large decrease in deaths due to stroke. In Malaysia, data on incidence, stroke type, and stroke severity were sparse before 2015. I hope the government will make it an on-going effort to collect such data, as it will help policy makers and clinical professionals to interpret implication for the health care system.”

“The data obtained from the study have been compared with those of Malaysia in my classroom. Based on the study, the TCM students may make an informed decision on which fields to focus on when they go for graduate degrees.”

Dr. Kim Yun Jin earned his PhD at Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, China, under the grant of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), and did his Post-Doc work at Department of Physics, Seoul National University, Korea. His research interests encompass global burden of disease, neurological disorder and epidemiology. Dr. Kim is an international collaborator of The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), an independent global health research centre at the University of Washington; an adviser for Korea-Technology Advisory Group (K-TAG) at The Korea Institute of Advancement of Technology (KIAT); and a member of Korean Scientists and Engineers Association in Singapore. To date, Dr. Kim has published more than 50 papers in high impact medical journals, including The Lancet, The Lancet Neurology, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine, and Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies.