Park Young-joo, a professor at Seoul Medical University, won the 14th Kwangdong Cancer Academic Award

Jul 07, 2025

Park Young-joo, a professor at Seoul Medical University, won the 14th Kwangdong Cancer Academic Award
◇From left, Park Young-joo, professor of endocrine metabolism at Seoul National University, Kim Shin-gon, professor of endocrine medicine at Korea National University, Kim Hyo-song, professor of oncology at Yonsei Cancer Hospital, and Shin Ae-sun, professor of preventive medicine at Seoul National University. Photo courtesy of Kwangdong Pharmaceutical



Park Young-joo, a professor of endocrine metabolism at Seoul National University, Kim Shin-gon, a professor of endocrine at Korea National University, Kim Hyo-song, an oncology professor at Yonsei Cancer Hospital, and Shin Ae-seon, a professor of preventive medicine at Seoul National University, won the 14th Kwangdong Cancer Academic Award, which is presented by Kwangdong Pharmaceutical and the Korean Cancer Society to researchers who have contributed to the development of cancer research in Korea.

This year's award ceremony was held at the Korean Cancer Society's regular general meeting on the second day of the 51st Korean Cancer Society conference and the 5th Asian Oncology Society International Conference held at COEX in Seoul from July 3-4. Winners were awarded 5 million won in prize money and awards for each category.

The Kwangdong Cancer Academic Award is an academic award jointly established by Kwangdong Pharmaceutical and the Korean Cancer Society in 2012 to support basic and clinical research in the cancer sector and presents excellent papers to researchers who contribute to the development of cancer research every year. The awards will be presented in three categories: basic medicine and clinical medicine, and multiple papers.




The 14th Kwangdong Cancer Academic Award for Basic Medicine was awarded to Park Young-joo, a professor of endocrine metabolism at Seoul National University, and Kim Shin-gon, a professor of endocrine medicine at Korea National University, who studied the thesis published in the international journal 『International Journal of Surgery』 (September 2024, JIF 12.5).

In the clinical medicine category, Kim Hyo-song, a professor of oncology at Yonsei Cancer Hospital, was honored with the thesis published in the international journal 『Nature Communications" (January 2024, JIF 14.7).

Shin Ae-seon, a professor of preventive medicine at Seoul National University of Medicine, won a number of thesis presentation categories for presenting several leading papers in the international journal 『British Journal of Cancer" (October 2024, JIF 6.4).




An official from Kwangdong Pharmaceutical said "We hope that this award will be a small contribution to boosting cancer research in Korea, resulting in more research results."We will continue to provide interest and support for cancer research and strive to improve public health in the future."



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.