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KIST Signs MoU with Severance Hospital (2016.12.05)
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KIST Signs MoU with Severance Hospital
- For mutual development and active research cooperation
On December 2, the signing ceremony for the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and Severance Hospital took place at Severance Hospital in Shinchon.
The MoU is intended to create research outcomes via cooperation between the two organizations and to ensure mutual development by vitalizing cooperation in basic, clinical, and educational research.
Areas of cooperation include joint research on the use of big data and medical informatics for analyzing causes of disease, the development of disease outbreak models and assessment techniques for medical images, bio and clinical engineering on stem cells, the introduction of new medicinal drugs, and brainwave-based olfactory nerve research.
KIST President Lee Byung Gwon said, “Through cooperation with Severance Hospital, we will lead the way in implementing cutting-edge medical diagnostic practices, and we will contribute to improved health for all society.”