Biography

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

• Graduate Certificate, Aging and Geriatric Practice
• MS, Medical Sciences
• Postgraduate Training, Clinical and Translational Science Program

Recent Publications

• 1. Lee C, Park J, Chen CX, Sun X, Kwoh CK, Liu S, Miao H, & Ahn H. (2026). Sex-specific effects of digital home-based neuromodulation combined with mindfulness-based meditation on knee osteoarthritis symptoms. Digital Health, 12, 20552076261456558. doi: 10.1177/20552076261456558. PMID: 42226766; PMCID: PMC13222450.
  2. Rauch, SAM., Yasinski, C., Mahsa, M., Woodbury, A., Black, K., Fuller, S., Boatright, J., Coulter, M., Maples-Keller, J., Dunlop, B., Hernandez-Tejada, M., & Ahn, H. (2026). Reducing chronic pain with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in veterans engaged in intensive outpatient mental health treatment: A pilot study. Military Medicine, doi: 10.1093/milmed/usag220. PMID: 42124341.
  3. Park, J., Lee, C., Lin, L., Fain, M. J., Telkes, I., Dahmer, S., Park, L., Hoang, J., Miao, H., & Ahn, H. (2026). A randomized trial of a digitally delivered, home-based neuromodulation and mindfulness intervention for pain management in older adults with knee osteoarthritis. NPJ Digital Medicine. doi: 10.1038/s41746-026-02577-7. PMID: 41917434. PMCID: PMC13199477.
  4. Lee, C., Kim, H., Kim, S, Kim, Y., Sun, X., Chen, C.X., Park, J., Pellegrini, C., Garcia, D., Chen, N., Kwoh, C.K., & Ahn, H. (2006). Predicting heterogeneity of treatment effects to transcranial direct current stimulation for knee osteoarthritis pain and symptoms: A machine learning approach. The Clinical Journal of Pain, 42(4), e1364. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000001364. PMID: 41626992.
  5. Lee, C., Sun, X., Park, J., Chen, C., Pellegrini, C., Chen, N., Garcia, D., Kim, H., Kwoh, C. K., & Ahn, H. (2026). Heterogeneity of treatment effects in transcranial direct current stimulation for knee osteoarthritis pain and symptoms. PAIN Reports, 11(2), e1411. doi: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000001411. PMID: 41822104. PMCID: PMC12978831.
  6. Lee, C., Park, J., Miao, H., & Ahn, H. (2026). Neural and psychophysical predictors of treatment response to transcranial direct current stimulation and mindfulness-based meditation for knee osteoarthritis pain. medRxiv [Preprint]. doi: 10.64898/2026.02.02.26345407. PMID: 41674634; PMCID: PMC12889770.
  7. Lee, C., Kwoh, C.K., & Ahn, H. (2026). Differential association of inflammation with pain and physical function in knee osteoarthritis by race focusing on non-Hispanic whites and Asian Americans: Pilot study in Florida. Asian/Pacific Island Nursing Journal, 10:e75086. doi: 10.2196/75086. PMID: 41529170; PMCID: PMC12798909.
  8. Chen, C.X., Wu, J., Lee, C., Park, J., Ahn, H., Lin, L., & Kroenke, K. (2025). Minimally important difference and responsiveness to change for numerical rating scale of menstrual pain severity: A psychometric study. Frontiers in Pain Research, 6:1655464. doi: 10.3389/fpain.2025.1655464. PMID: 41473765; PMCID: PMC12745389.
  9. Park, J., Montero-Hernandez, S., Huff, A. J., Lee, C., Pollonini, L., Park, L., Lin, L., Telkes, I., Galvin, J. E., Hoang, J., & Ahn, H. (2025). Advancing pain assessment in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias: Functional near-infrared spectroscopy for investigating brain activity. British Journal of Pain, 1–15. doi: 10.1177/20494637251384009. PMID: 41025082. PMCID: PMC12476374.
  10. Huff, A.J., Park J, Montero-Hernandez, S., Park, L., Lee, C., Pollonini, & Ahn, H. (2025). Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) detects brain changes for apathy and pain in patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: An exploratory study. Neuroimage Reports, 5(3), 100266. doi: 10.1016/j.ynirp.2025.100266. PMID: 41050943; PMCID: PMC12489781.