Dr. Dan Han is the Chief of Neuropsychology Division at UK HealthCare, and Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American Neurological Association, and former president of the International Society of Neurogastronomy (ISN), and of the Lexington Board of Brain Injury Alliance. He currently serves as the Chair of the Medical & Scientific Advisory Board for the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) – McMillan Chapter, and also serves on the Governor-appointed Board of Directors of the Kentucky Traumatic Brain Injury Trust. He was trained in Adlerian Psychology by Drs. Harold Mosak and John Newbauer.
Dr. Han is a Blavatnik Nominee in Life Sciences by The New York Academy of Sciences, and the recipient of the “Honor the Fallen Soldier Patriot” Coin Medallion by AUSA; three Academy of Medical Educator’s Excellence in Medical Education Awards; the Jack Runyon Service Award and the 2019 Psychologist of the Year Award by the Kentucky Psychological Association; and the ISN Founder’s Award. Dr. Han has been funded by the Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health, Department of Education, foundation grants and clinical trials, involving studies of brain–behavior and program development. Clinically, Dr. Han specializes in brain injury and neurological diseases, and leads a consult division serving 24 hospital service lines and 54 regional hospitals and clinical practices. Dr. Han’s work has been featured in Newsweek, National Geographic, BBC, NPR, the APA Monitor on Psychology, among many others, with coverage spanning 15 countries in 10 languages.
Dr. Dan Han’s functional neuroanatomy publication involving frontal circuits and temporoparietal junction was the first Adlerian work to explore the neuroanatomy of Gemeinschaftsgefühl.