Departments/Faculties
KNU School Of MedicineDepartment
| Department | Department of Preventive Medicine |
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| Introduction | The Department of preventive medicine and public health deals with important medical subjects for health promotion and disease prevention through the studies based on all aspects of biological, social, and environmental factors. Our department is comprised of three divisions: 1) epidemiology, 2) environmental & occupational health, and 3) health policy and management. A number of approaches from basic sciences to clinical applications and community settings have been undertaken to promote health and prevent diseases. We believe that the study area for health promotion and disease prevention attracts a lot of attention as the number of elderly population increases and the desire to improve the quality of life is getting higher. More specifically, the major research areas are for establishing the linkage between environmental exposure to POPS (persistent organic pollutants) and the development of obesity, metabolic syndrome, type II diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, autoimmune diseases, or malignancy. The epidemiological study on the elderly population is also an important area. Moreover, both research and practice are pursuing together better health policy and management, such as surveys for examining health status in the community population and hospital-based programs for cardiovascular diseases or cancer. Furthermore, the designs for healthy cities and FMTP (Field Management Training Program) for health professionals have been undertaken.
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| Professors | Chairman: Sin Kam, MD, PhD (lee_dh@knu.ac.kr)
Duk-Hee Lee, MD, PhD Keon-Yeop Kim, MD, PhD Nam-Soo Hong, MD Yu-Mi Lee Ji-Yeon shin
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