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Jin-Won Song, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Microbiology
Director
Institute for Viral Diseases
College of Medicine
Korea University Seoul, Korea


Phone: +82-2-920-6408
Office:
Email: jwsong [at] korea.ac.kr

Bio

Education
1987 M.D. Korea University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
1989 M.S. Department of Microbiology, Korea University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea
1994 Ph.D. Department of Microbiology, Korea University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea

Professional History
1987-1990 Teaching Assistant, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Korea University
1987-1990 Researcher, WHO Collaborating Center for Virus Reference and Research (Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome), The Institute for Viral Disease, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
1990-1993 Medical Officer (Captain), Division of Arboviruses, Department of Virology, National Institute of Health, Seoul, Korea
1993-1997 Visiting Fellow, Laboratory of Central Nervous System Studies, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.
1996-1998 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
1998-2000 Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
2000-2004 Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
2005-present Professor, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
2005-2006 Visiting Scholar, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu HI, U.S.A.
2008-2010 Vice Dean for General affairs, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
2007-present Director, Institute for Viral Diseases, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
2008-present Director on the Board, the Korea Support Committee for International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Korea

Honors and Awards

2011 Hantaan Prize, The Hantaan Life Science Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2011 Award, Korea National Academy of Sciences, Seoul, Korea

Patent

  • Republic of Korea Patent Number: 0419842, entitled “The Novel Nucleotide Sequence of Hepatitis A Virus from Korean Patients”. Notice of allowance issued on Febuary 10, 2004.

Research Keywords: Viral hemorrhagic fevers, hantavirus, rodent-borne diseases, respiratory viruses, virus evolution


Selected Publications