Recognized for her contribution to the research and development of pharmacology at the commemorative event for the 60th anniversary of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea
[November 14, 2011]

 
 Professor Kim, Jung-ae (48, School of Pharmacy, photo) of the Yeungnam University College of Pharmacy received the ‘Pharmaceutical Research Award’ from the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of its founding. The ‘Pharmaceutical Research Award’ is given to a researcher who published multiple extraordinary research theses on scientific journals printed by the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea, who is then selected after a rigid screening process by the academic screening committee.

 The Pharmaceutical Society of Korea (chairperson Jeong, Se-young) held its 60th anniversary ceremony and the 2011 Pharmaceutical Society Fall International Academic Conference and general meeting at Songdo Convensia in Incheon on the 7th. Here, Professor Kim was awarded the ‘Pharmaceutical Research Award’.

 Professor Kim, who has worked as a professor at the Yeungnam University College of Pharmacy since 1997, defined the pathophysiology mechanism of inflammations and cancer diseases, and thus was able to deduce drug targets and biomarkers of diseases. Using this, research on effect analysis using anti-inflammatory solutions and anti-cancer medicine development are being conducted. In particular, in-vitro-cell-models and in-vivo-animal-models for this were constructed and thus, proprietary research, as well as joint research with companies and researchers of other universities, is being actively carried out.

 Such passion and efforts led to outstanding research accomplishments and published over 100 SCI theses in relation to research on anti-inflammatory solutions and anti-cancer medicine development. In addition, she played a leading role in making it possible for the basic research to achieve medicine commercialization via pharmaceutical develop by registering over 20 patents. Due to such efforts, she was registered on the 2011 issues of 《Marquis Who’s Who》.

 Professor Kim, who is also very active outside of the school, is currently the PR secretary for the Korea Society of Applied Pharmacology and an editing committee member of the SCIE class international science journal 《Biomolecules & Therapeutics》. From January of this year, she has began serving as a research planning secretary for the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea to work on research planning activities for developing new medicines in preparation of the act on pan-government new medicine development project and promotion of pharmaceutical industries (passed the National Assembly in March 2011). In addition, while working as a PM (project manager) operation committee member for the Korea Health Industry Development Institute, she is in charge of providing research support for the new technology task force team so that the collaboration of different researchers for new medicine development can operate effectively.

 For two years from 2009 to 2010, Professor Kim worked as an academic secretary for the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea and oversaw the special symposium for Daegu to host the ‘2010 Spring Academic Conference of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea’, and for the development strategies and the construction of the Pharmaceutical Development Support Center in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Advanced Medical Complex. She is also continuously working as a committee member for the establishment of a successful establishment plan of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Advanced Medical Complex. Professor Kim is also serving as the secretary-general of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Bio Forum since January 2010. She was also recognized for playing a pivotal role in the launching of the Association of Daegu-Gyeongbuk Women in Science and Engineering and won the ‘Science Technology Development Award’ from the governor of Gyeongsangbuk-do in 2007.

 At the university, she served as the dean of the School of Pharmacy, head professor of the Graduate School of Pharmacy, and the director of the Women’s Career Development Center, and is currently the director of the Yeungnam University Medicine Development Research Center.