Faculty Members

Dr. Seo, a PhD from the University of Minnesota (2008) and a Fulbright scholar, joined the University of the Fraser Valley in 2012. Before joining the Department of Economics, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in CIHR PCONet (Primary Care Oncology Network) at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba and a research associate at the Division of Continuing Professional Development, University of Manitoba. Dr. Seo also taught at the College of St. Catherine, USA (Lecturer, 2004-2007) and the University of Winnipeg (Visiting scholar, 2010-2011). His research interests are in health economics and applied labour economics, particularly health disparity (gender and race), social determinants of health, economics of cancer, and cancer survivorship. Dr. Seo teaches Econ 352 Technical progress and Economics Growth; Econ 397 Health Economics; and Econ 398 Development Economics.

Department of Economics, University of the Fraser Valley 

2017-current, Associate professor                                                                                                               

    Nominated for UFV Faculty Teaching Excellence Award 2018
    Nominated for UFV Faculty Teaching Excellence Award 2019

Department of Economics, University of the Fraser Valley

2012-2017, Assistant professor

Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

2011-2012, Research Associate

Department of Family Medicine, University of Manitoba & CancerCare Manitoba

2008-2010, CIHR Post-doctoral Fellowship in Primary Care Oncology

College of St. Catherine

2004-2007, Adjunct Faculty

Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Manitoba

2005, Instructor

Ph.D. in Applied Economics, Specialization in Health Economics, Fullbright Fellow; University of Minnesota, August 2008

M.A. in Economics, Korea University, August 1999

B.A. in Economics (summa cum laude), February 1995

Dr. Seo's research interests are in health economics and applied labor economics, particularly health disparity (gender and race), social determinants of health, economics of cancer, and cancer survivorship.

UFV Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Development Grant, Do discriminatory barriers in the labour market exist for refugees from the Arab countries, including Syria?, $7,000, 2018-2019.

Work study grant, University of the Fraser Valley, “Exploring the North Korean Economy: in the context of the socialist economic system and its transition toward a market economy”, $1,500, 2019-2020.

Work study grant, University of the Fraser Valley, “Switch to Working for Uber or Continue in the Taxi Industry – the Effects of Ridesharing on Current Taxi Drivers’ Labour Choices”, $1,500, 2019-2020.

UFV Internationalization Grant, “Developing international dual degree program (2+2 or 3+1) with UFV partner universities in Korea”, $3,000, 2018.  

Work study grant, University of the Fraser Valley, “Demographic Transition and Growth Potentials” (with Dr. Ding Lu in Economics), $1,500, 2018-2019.

Work study grant, University of the Fraser Valley, “The impacts of aviation carbon regulation on the airline industry and air travelers” (with Dr. Sha Liao in Business), $1,500, 2018-2019.

Work study grant, University of the Fraser Valley, “Economic status and labour market outcomes of Korean immigrants in Canada”, $1,500, 2017-2018.,

UFV Internationalization Grant, “Understanding experiences of exchange and visiting programs at UFV - by interviewing the past exchange and visiting students from South Korea”, $3,000, 2017.

Work study grant, University of the Fraser Valley, “Faculty of Colour in Canadian Academia – an econometrics analysis”, $1,500, 2016-2017.

Work study grant, University of the Fraser Valley, “Return to work and labour mobility among Immigrant Cancer Survivors”, $1,500, 2015-2016. 

Manitoba Medical Services Foundation Research Grant, Return to work and barriers to returning to work among Cancer Survivors: A population-based study of survivors of common cancers, $20,000, April 2012-March 2014.

Statistics Canada Research Data Centre Graduate Student and Post-doctoral Award, Health transition of newly arrived immigrant youth: Exploring healthy immigrant effects using the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada, $6,000, May 2010- April 2011.

Prairie Metropolis Centre Research Grant, The Addressing the Accreditation Gap:International Medical Graduates and Physician Supply in Canada, (with Drs. Hugh Grant and Herbal Emery), $18,500, April 2010 - March 2012.

Bosu Seo and Krystal Lowney, 2021, “Understanding Syrian refugees’ experience in terms of settlement and participation in Canadian labour market: A mixed method approach,” Advances in Social Sciences Research Journals, vol. 4 (1).

Kirandeep Brar and Bosu Seo, 2021, “Migration Pattern across the Indian States – Analysis of Census 2001 and 2011,” Advances in Politics and Economics, vol. 4 (1).

Steven Pankratz and Bosu Seo, 2020, “A Look into the Economics behind Cancer Interventions and Drug Development”, Edelweiss: Cancer OA, vol. 2 (1), pp. 1-5.  

Jesse Trembly and Bosu Seo, 2019, “Private v. public health care systems in Canada: A revisit to the Chaoulli v. Quebec court case”, JOJ Nursing and Health Care, Vol. 10 (4).

Gina Dhinsa and Bosu Seo, 2019, “Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis in Developing and Developed Countries: a study of GNI per capita, Human Development Index and the incidence of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis”, Journal of Economics and Development Studies, vol. 7 (2), pp. 41-51.

Aidan Gibbons and Bosu Seo, 2019, “Predicting Future Physician Output for British Columbia, Canada”, Research in Health Sciences, vol. 4 (1).

Bosu Seo, Alain A Demers, Zoann Nugent, Jane Griffith, and Harminder Singh, 2018, “Economic impact of cancer diagnosis on cancer survivors: A survey of colorectal, breast and prostate cancer survivors”, Journal of Cancer Research and Oncobiology. Vol. 1 (4).

Bosu Seo, 2018, “Social capital and health outcomes of elderly people,” Journal of Ageing Research and Healthcare, 2 (3), 1- 16.

Ahmed Hoque, Shahriar Hasan, and Bosu Seo, 2018, “A Statistical Analysis of Children’s Health Inequality in Bangladesh”, Journal of Developing Areas, Vol. 53 (3).

Raymond Lee, Bosu Seo, Steven Hladkyj, Brenda Lovell and Laura Schwartzmann, 2013, “Correlates of physician burnout across regions and specialties: a meta-analysis”, Human Resources for Health, 11:48.

Jeff Sisler, Bosu Seo, Alan Katz, Emma Shu, Harminder Singh, 2012, “Concordance with ASCO Guidelines for Surveillance after Colorectal Cancer Treatment: A Population-Based Analysis”, Journal of Oncology Practice, 8 (4), pp. 69-79.

Bosu Seo and Ben Senauer, 2011, “The Effect of Education on Health among U.S. residents in Relation to Country of Birth,” Health Economics, 20 (1), pp. 45-55.

Ian Jones, Bosu Seo, Tara Chauhan, and Lynda Buske, 2011, “The result of the first Canadian national physician assistant survey”, Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, 24(10).