Hyo-Jeong Ban is a Principal Researcher at the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea. Previously at the Center for Genome Science, National Institute of Health, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KCDC), contributions included building a large-scale Korean genomic variant database. Research has focused on the genetic and transcriptomic basis of complex traits, including insomnia, type 2 diabetes, and cold sensitivity. Current work integrates genomic and neuroimaging data to investigate age-related diseases, aging, and metabolic disorders.