First Hyangseol Medical Award, Professor Kim Sang-jung of Seoul National University School of Medicine...Contributing to the Advancement of Neuroscience
Oct 21, 2025
Suncheonhyang University's Central Medical Center will present the Hyangseol Medicine Award for the first time this year and also award Hyangseol Academic Research Fund at the Hyangseol Medical Research Conference held at Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital on November 9.
The Hyangseol Medical Award was organized by the Dr. Seo Seok-jo Memorial Society to honor the late Dr. Hyangseol Seo Seok-jo's late founder, Dr. Seo Seok-jo, and to discover and award outstanding researchers in the field of medical research.
Kim Sang-jung, a professor of physiology at Seoul National University School of Medicine, was selected as the first winner of the Hyangseol Medical Award, and Kwak Dong-won, a professor of neurology at Konkuk University Hospital, and Gong Sung-hye, a professor of endocrine metabolism at Bundang Seoul National University Hospital, and Jang Hye-min, a professor of neurology at Asan Medical Center, were selected as the Hyangseol Young Researcher Award.
Professor Kim Sang-jung, the winner of the Hyangseol Medical Award, will be given 100 million won, 10 million won each to Professor Kwak Dong-won and Professor Gong Sung-hye, who are beneficiaries of the Hyangseol Academic Research Fund, and 5 million won to Professor Jang Hye-min, the winner of the Hyangseol Young Researcher Award.
Professor Kim Sang-jung published creative research results in Nature Neuroscience in January connecting the two topics through unique research experiences involving cerebellum memory and chronic pain. This study suggested that the cerebellum, known to govern motor function, can control the pain experience and treat pathological chronic pain through novel cerebellar star cell molecular mechanisms.
Professor Kim graduated from Seoul National University School of Medicine and served as the director of the Leading Research Center of the Korea Research Foundation from 2011 to the present, leading learning and memory research. He also serves as the director of the Institute of Neuroscience at Seoul National University, contributing greatly to the development of neuroscience in Korea.
Chairman of Dongeun Academy Seo Kyo-il School Corporation said, `From this year, Suncheonhyang University Central Medical Center has changed its name from 'Suncheonhyang Medical Research Conference' to 'Hyanghyang Medical Research Conference' and expanded it to a nationwide event"We expect the Hyangseol Medicine Award, organized by the Hyangseol Dr. Seo Seok-jo Memorial Society, to be a meaningful award to expand the horizons of domestic medical research and encourage outstanding researchers."
The Hyangseol Medical Award was organized by the Dr. Seo Seok-jo Memorial Society to honor the late Dr. Hyangseol Seo Seok-jo's late founder, Dr. Seo Seok-jo, and to discover and award outstanding researchers in the field of medical research.
Kim Sang-jung, a professor of physiology at Seoul National University School of Medicine, was selected as the first winner of the Hyangseol Medical Award, and Kwak Dong-won, a professor of neurology at Konkuk University Hospital, and Gong Sung-hye, a professor of endocrine metabolism at Bundang Seoul National University Hospital, and Jang Hye-min, a professor of neurology at Asan Medical Center, were selected as the Hyangseol Young Researcher Award.
Professor Kim Sang-jung, the winner of the Hyangseol Medical Award, will be given 100 million won, 10 million won each to Professor Kwak Dong-won and Professor Gong Sung-hye, who are beneficiaries of the Hyangseol Academic Research Fund, and 5 million won to Professor Jang Hye-min, the winner of the Hyangseol Young Researcher Award.
Professor Kim Sang-jung published creative research results in Nature Neuroscience in January connecting the two topics through unique research experiences involving cerebellum memory and chronic pain. This study suggested that the cerebellum, known to govern motor function, can control the pain experience and treat pathological chronic pain through novel cerebellar star cell molecular mechanisms.
Professor Kim graduated from Seoul National University School of Medicine and served as the director of the Leading Research Center of the Korea Research Foundation from 2011 to the present, leading learning and memory research. He also serves as the director of the Institute of Neuroscience at Seoul National University, contributing greatly to the development of neuroscience in Korea.
Chairman of Dongeun Academy Seo Kyo-il School Corporation said, `From this year, Suncheonhyang University Central Medical Center has changed its name from 'Suncheonhyang Medical Research Conference' to 'Hyanghyang Medical Research Conference' and expanded it to a nationwide event"We expect the Hyangseol Medicine Award, organized by the Hyangseol Dr. Seo Seok-jo Memorial Society, to be a meaningful award to expand the horizons of domestic medical research and encourage outstanding researchers."
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