American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare

Hyeouk Chris Hahm, PhD

Active | Inducted in 2025

Bio

Hyeouk Chris Hahm is a researcher dedicated to reducing health disparities among Asian American populations with a particular emphasis on building empirical evidence of health risk behaviors (e.g., self-harm, suicide and HIV risk behaviors). Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health, the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the National Science Foundation. Hahm has developed and tested a theoretical framework that explains suicide behaviors among Asian American women. Further, she developed culturally grounded interventions: AWARE (Asian American Women’s Actions in Resilience and Empowerment) and Youth AWARE, which has been implemented in colleges and high schools. Hahm also developed the AWARE Training Certificate, which focuses on training professionals to provide support and empowerment to young Asian-American women encountering challenges of adulthood, mainstream American culture, and parents’ traditional culture: https://thenetwork.bu.edu/offering/aware-certificate-program/