National Research Centers

Project Outline

The purpose of the major research projects is to cultivate outstanding research centers to transform Kyung Hee University into a research-oriented university. The current government is conducting a research-based growth policy by supporting a balanced system of top-down/planned large-scale basic research and bottom-up/voluntary large-scale research. Kyung Hee University is affirming its status as a world-class institution in basic and combined sciences with 14 major projects (five on the Seoul Campus and nine on the Global Campus).

Status

Major Project of National Research Center (Seoul Campus)

Type	Name	Director	Funding	Period
MRC	Reactive Oxygen Species Medical Research Center	Sung Soo Kim	6,900,000,000KRW	7 years(2011-2018)
SRC	Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center	Hye Jung Lee	10,000,000,000KRW	9 years(2005-2014)
MRC	Cancer Preventive Material Development Research Center	Sung Hoon Kim	9,500,000,000KRW	9 years(2007-2016)
SRC	Neurodegeneration Control Research Center	Byung Kwan Jin	8,800,000,000KRW	7 years(2008-2015)
MRC	Research Center for Tooth and Periodontal Tissue Regeneration	Eun-Cheol Kim	7,300,000,000KRW	7 years(2007-2012)

Project Information

Reactive Oxygen Species Medical Research Center (MRC)

Goals

• To cultivate outstanding researchers in basic medicine and to develop systematic research on reactive oxygen
• To contribute to public health by developing treatments for diseases related to reactive oxygen
• To grow into a world-class basic medicine research center

Researchers

• Director : Professor Sung Soo Kim (College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
• Section 1-1 : Professor Sung Soo Kim (College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
• Section 1-2 : Professor Joo Hun Ha (College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
• Section 2-1 : Professor Young Wuk Cho (College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
• Section 2-2 : Professor Berm Seok Oh (College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University)

Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center (SRC)

Goals

• Many countries are currently focusing their efforts on researching the effectiveness and generation of the effects of acupuncture and meridian therapy that were developed systematically and experientially in Korea. However, due to the lack of infrastructure, Korea is on the brink of losing its advantage in this area to China, Japan, and Western countries. Therefore, the goals of the Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research center are:
  To create a "third medicine" that combines traditional medical science theories with cutting-edge medical technologies and medical imaging;
  To define the control mechanisms for the effects of acupuncture and to develop new treatment methods through cooperative research in acupuncture and meridian therapy, brain imaging, neurobiology, molecular biology, genomics, and proteomics;
  and to bring together researchers from various fields and disciplines to offer new directions in acupuncture and meridian science and to present a new paradigm of meridian therapy through research on the system of signal transmissions within the human body.

Researchers

• Director : Professor Hye Jung Lee (College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
• Section Control 1 : Professor Hye Jung Lee (College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
• Section Control 3 : Professor Joo-Ho Chung (College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
• Section Control 4 : Professor Bae Hwan Lee (College of Medicine, Yonsei University)

Cancer Preventive Material Development Research Center (MRC)

Goals

• To develop traditional Korean medicine as an "evidence-based basic medical science" by building outstanding Oriental medicine research infrastructure
• To cultivate international competitiveness by developing Oriental medicine treatments and preventative measures for cancer

Researchers

• Director : Professor Sung Hoon Kim (College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
• Section 1-1 : Professor Sung Hoon Kim ( College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
• Section 1-2 : Professor Kwang Seok Ahn (College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
• Section 2-1 : Professor Hyun Su Bae (College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University)

Neurodegeneration Control Research Center (SRC)

Goals

• To develop original technologies that will raise the function of nerves and protect nerve cells by defining the interactive network and control mechanism of neurodegeneration from a comprehensive perspective of nerve cells, neuroglial cells, and organelles.

Researchers

• Director : Professor Byung Kwan Jin (College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
• Section 1 : Professor Byung Kwan Jin (College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
• Section 2 : Professor Tae Young Yune (Graduate School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
• Section 3 : Professor Young Mi Kim (Graduate School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University)

Research Center for Tooth and Periodontal Tissue Regeneration (MRC)

Goals

• To define pathophysiological, immunological, and regenerative processes of tooth and periodontal damage through comprehensive research in tooth and periodontal tissue regeneration
• To secure original technologies through developing target molecules, lead compounds, and biomaterials
• To advance the center as a leader in tooth and periodontal tissue regeneration and cultivate researchers in basic dental science

Researchers

• Director : Professor Eun-Cheol Kim (Kyung Hee University Graduate School of Dentistry)
• Section 1-1 : Professor Eun-Cheol Kim (Kyung Hee University Graduate School of Dentistry)
• Section 1-2 : Professor Soo Jung Lee (Kyung Hee University Graduate School of Dentistry)
• Section 2-1 : Professor Il Keun Kwon (Kyung Hee University Graduate School of Dentistry)

• Info
  • University-Industry Cooperation Foundation (Seoul)
  • +82-2-958-4630
  • khsa0051@khu.ac.kr