Dr. Dan Han is the Chief of the Neuropsychology Division and Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. He is a James B. Beam Institute Fellow, a Fellow of the American Neurological Association, and an elected International Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health and of the Royal Society of Medicine. He is the former president of the International Society of Neurogastronomy, 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–McMillan Chapter, and sits 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; Adler Visionary Award; and the ISN Founder’s Award. He has been sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, the Department of Education, foundation grants and clinical trials, involving studies of brain–behavior, behavioral economics, and program development. Clinically, Dr. Han specializes in brain injury and neurological diseases, and leads a consult division serving 24 hospital service lines and 63 regional hospitals and clinical practices. Dr. Han’s work has been featured in Newsweek, National Geographic, BBC, NPR, CNN, the APA Monitor on Psychology, among many others, with globally syndicated coverage spanning 17 countries in 12 languages.
Dr. Han’s published work on functional neuroanatomy involving the frontal circuits and the temporoparietal junction was the first Adlerian work to explore the neuroanatomy ofGemeinschaftsgefühl: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/741978