Kyung
Hee University (KHU) started the project called 'Vision 2000'
at the 50th anniversary (1999) to develop KHU's future goal
and to prepare for the new Millennium. KHU has the colleges
and affiliated hospitals of medicine, Oriental medicine, and
dental medicine. KHU chose "Oriental Medicine" as
the specialized research area and has made numerous efforts
to combine Oriental and Western medicine. Under such circumstances,
the Graduate School of East-West Medical Science (GSM) was
established. The Korean Ministry of Education nominated GSM
as the Brain Korea 21 project in 1999. The ultimate goal of
GSM is to create 'New Medicine' based on the knowledge of
Oriental medicine and Western medicine.
Degrees
offered by GSM are MS and Ph.D in the fields of Oriental medicine,
Medicine, Medical science, Medical nutrition.
Departments
Degrees
East-West Medical Science
MS
Ph.D
in
Oriental Medicine
in Medicine
Medical
Science
in
Medical Science
Medical
Nutrition
in
Medical Nutrition
1) The minimum credits in each department
are 24 units for MS and 36 units for Ph.D.
2) Qualifying examinations are held in 4 courses or 3 courses
for ph.D and MS respectively
3) Foreign language examination
4) Thesis
5) SCI publication for Ph.D in Medical Science and Medical
Nutrition
<Common
Study>
Analytical Biochemistry, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Current
Theory of Acupuncture & Meridian, Immunohistochemistry,
Medical Statistics, Molecular Biology, Natural Products Chemistry,
Neuroscience, Oriental Medical Theory, Research Methods for
New Medicine
<Dept. of East-West Medical Science>
General Herbal Pharmacology, Medical Entomology, Chuna Herbal
Pharmacology, Evaluation of Herbal Medicine, Lecture of Drugs
for Relieving Exterior and Excreting Dampness, Herbal Toxicology,
Immunopharmacology, Meridian Theory, Mechanism of Acupuncture
Therapy, Herbal Acupuncture Therapy, Theory of Electroacupuncture,
, Methodology of the Study of Meridian, Neuromagnetics, Meridian
System, Neurobiology, Neurophysiology, Neuropharmacology,
Neuro-Biochemistry, Biochemistry in Neuropharmacology, Brain
Disease Research, Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology of CNS, Cognitive
& Behavioral Neuroscience, Current Topic in Life Science,
General Concept of Cancer Biology, Cancer Metastasis, Angiogenesis
of Tumor, Anticancer Herbalogy, Oriental Etiology and Pathology,
Anticancer Chemotherapy, Methodological Study of Cancer.
<Medical Science>
Advanced Biochemistry, Advanced Molecular Cell Biology, Alkaloid
Drugs, Apoptosis and Diseases, Analytical Chemistry of Herbal
Medicine, Analytical Functional Proteomics, Animal Cell Culture,
Carbohydrate Chemistry, Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Cellular
and Molecular Immunology, Current Drug Development, Current
Topics in Life Science, Current Topics in Neuroscience, Current
Topics in Medical Science, Dermatology and medical Science,
Drug Information, Electroneurophysiology, Endocrine Pharmacology,
Evaluation of Herbal Medicine, Experimental Biochemistry,
Gene Regulation, Glycobiochemistry, Human Physiology, Instrumental
Analysis, Lecture of Advanced Herbal Pharmaceutics, Medical
Entomology, Membrane Biochemistry, Methodology of Molecular
Biology, Molecular Biology of Stress, Methodology of Neurobiology,
Methodology of Neurophysiology, Molecular Diversity, Natural
Steroids, Neurobiology, Neuroimmunology, Neuro-Pharmacology,
Neurophysiology, Pharmacology, Phytochmical Method for Medicinal
Use, Proteomics, Seminar on Special Topics, Signal Transduction,
Special Lecture for Toxicology, Special Lecture of Clinical
Pharmacology.
<Dept. of Medical Nutrition>
Nutrient Function and Metabolism, Medical Nutrition Therapy,
Current Topics in Nutrition, Nutrition Physiology, Nutrition
Biochemistry, Medical Nutrition Therapy, Medical Nutrition,
Laboratory, Cancer and Nutrition, Nutritional Support and
Practice, Functional Food and Nutrition etc.
Sung-Hoon Kim, O.M.D., Ph.D.
[Kyung Hee University, 1987, Oriental Medical Pathology, Chung-nam
University, 1996, Medical Chemistry, Professor, sungkim7@khu.ac.kr]
-
Laboratory of Herbal Pharmacology
- Overview
In order to ellucidate the effects of Herbal drugs, scientific
evaulation processes are necessary through chemical and pharmacological
studies. In this major, we plan to verify the effects of herbal
tonics on the neuroprotection and its pharmaceutical mechanism.
The suggestions of a basic pharmacological theory of tonics
and the developments of new tonics or herbal drugs with preventive
effects against neurodegenerative disease are also attempted.
Specific research topics include:
① Standardization of herbal drugs and development of alternative
drugs
② Development of new formation of traditional Oriental Medical
Prescription
③ Development of new neuroprotective drugs
* URL: http://web.kyunghee.ac.kr/~herbal/snkim/snframe.htm
* Director: Professor Kim, Sun-Yeou, (sunnykim@khu.ac.kr)
- Laboratory of Acupuncture and Meridianology
- Overview
This research aims to identify the mechanism of prescription
system and to develop the therapeutic methods involved in
acupuncture.
Specific research topics are:
① Study on the mechanism of acupuncture and herbal acupuncture
② Development of herbal acupuncture according to the various
states of disease
③ Development of electroacupucture techniques
* URL: http://web.khu.ac.kr/~hjlee
* Director: Professor Lee, Hye-Jung(missionluv@hanmail.net)
- Laboratory of Neuroscience
- Overview
Though vascular dementia has increased among elderly people
in the recent days, unfortunately, ischemic brain injury induced
by brain vascular disease is not easily curable mainly because
neuronal tissues do not regenerate. The goal of this laboratory
is to find the medical ways to minimize a sequellae of cerebral
disease.
Specific research topics include:
① Study on the pharmacological effects of herbal medicines
on defense mechanism against neuronal injury
② Study on pharmacological effects of herbal medicines on
brain metabolism and cerebral blood flow
③ Study on the pharmacological effects of herbal medicines
on focal brain ischemia and apoptosis
* URL: http://web.khu.ac.kr/~neuron
* Director: Professor Sohn, Nak Won(sohnnw@khu.ac.kr)
- Laboratory of Oncology
- Overview
Traditional cancer treatments in western medicine-surgery,
chemotherapy, radiotherapy, - produce severe side effects.
This lab aims to shift research direction to alternative medicine
to minimize side effects of cancer treatment and unexpected
sequellae. Specific research topics include:
① Study on mechanism of the suppression of tumor-cell
② Study on oriental medical treatment for reducing side effects
of anti-cancer therapy
③ Study on oriental therapy for pain control in terminal stage
of cancer
* URL: http://web.khu.ac.kr/~oncology
* Director: Professor Kim, Sung-Hoon (sungkim7@khu.ac.kr)
- Laboratory of Medical Nutrition
- Overview
The Laboratory of Medical Nutrition conducts research on nutrition
combined with medical science and oriental medicine and excels
at translating nutritional discoveries into improved patient
care and disease prevention. Also the laboratory offers the
Korean Dietitian Association (KDA) approved professional practice
program of supervised rotations for clinical dietitian (SRCD).
Many researches are currently under way in the area of medical
nutrition, molecular nutrition, and applied nutritional science.
Specific research topics include :
① Study on the effects of the active substances
in preventing disease
② Study on the control of genes related to chronic diseases
③ Development of nutritional assessment system and the nutrition
programs for patients
④ Development of functional foods using active ingredients
from the
therapeutic herbs
