Sungwon Park

Dr. Sungwon Park, PhD, RN, COHN-S, FAAOHN, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the UCLA Joe C. Wen School of Nursing. She is also a core faculty member in Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing at the Southern California Education and Research Center as well as an Associate Investigator at the UCLA site of the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation.

Her research focuses on improving worker health by examining how occupational environments and daily health behaviors influence metabolic health and chronic disease risk, particularly among middle-aged and older adults.

Drawing on more than seven years of clinical experience as an occupational health nurse in the hospitality industry, Dr. Park has developed a body of scholarship encompassing metabolic syndrome prevention and management, workplace health promotion, sedentary behavior, and physical activity. Her research integrates epidemiological approaches, accelerometer-based assessments of sedentary behavior and physical activity, biomarkers, and longitudinal data analysis to investigate how occupational characteristics and health behaviors shape metabolic health across diverse work settings, including remote and on-site environments.

Dr. Park was inducted as a Fellow of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses in 2026.

Center Affiliations

Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship/Assistant Professor, Michigan Society of Fellows & Occupational Health Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  • PhD, Nursing Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

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Areas of Interest

Occupational health, physical activity and sedentary behavior.

Selected Publications

  • PubMed Publications
  • Park, S., Wipfli, B., Zhao, L., Veliz, P., Chen, W., Rosemberg, M-A., & Larson, J. L. (2026). Post-pandemic sedentary behavior and physical activity among IT workers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 68(3), 241-247. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000003572
  • Park, S., Quinn, L., Park, C. G., Collins, E., Hong, O., & Ferrans, C. (2024). Health Behavior Adherence in a Metropolitan-Based Metabolic Syndrome Management Program during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome, 33(2), 166-176. doi:10.7570/jomes23039
  • Kyung, M., Park, S., Park, C. G., & Hong, O. (2024). Association Between Sleep Duration, Social Jetlag, and the Metabolic Syndrome by Shift Works. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(6), 668. doi:10.3390/ijerph21060668
  • Park, S., Park, C. G., & Hong, O. (2024). Exploring the characteristics and health outcomes of working from home: Analysis of 2021 California Health Interview Survey Data. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 67, 119-28. doi:10.1002/ajim.23556
  • Jun, J., Park, S., & Rosemberg, M-A. (2022). Cross-cultural differences and similarities in nurses’ experiences during the early stages of COVID-19 in Korea and the United States: A qualitative descriptive study. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 4, 100107. doi:10.1016/j.ijnsa.2022.100107
  • Park, S., Jang, M. K., Park, C. G., & Hong, O. (2022). Predictors of Health Promotion Behaviors among working adults at high risk of Metabolic Syndrome: Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior. Nursing Research, 71(4), 275–284. doi:10.1097/NNR.0000000000000587

Committee Participation

  • AAOHN Foundation, Trustee, Board of Trustees, 2026–Present
  • Journal of Advanced Nursing, Early Career Researcher Board, 2026–Present
  • American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Education Committee, 2024–Present