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Hallym, Oulu Hold 2nd Int’l Symposium

No.3074 Date2011-10-10 Hit 30007

Hallym University Medical Center(HUMC) hosted the 2nd Hallym-Oulu International Symposium at Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital on October 7, 2011.

Since Hallym reached an international affiliation agreement with the University of Oulu on academic exchanges and cooperation in September, 2008, the institutions have collaborated on annual international meetings.

Under the theme, ‘Molecular Epidemiology of Major Diseases in Korea and Finland,’ four medical experts from Oulu and five from Hallym were invited. About 150 participants from universities, hospitals and research centers attended the conference.

Presentations and discussions focused on four different topics: Birth Cohort & Childhood Asthma Epidemiology; Neurodegenerative & Psychiatric Illnesses; Vascular Diseases & Diabetes; and Bioinformatics

Among the dignitaries of University of Oulu at the symposium included Rector Lauri Lajunen, Professor Markku Savolainen of Internal Medicine, Professor Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin of Institute of Health Sciences, Professor Juha Veijola of Psychiatry and Professor Mika Ala-Korpela of Computational Medicine.

The specific programs including topics and speakers are as follows:

■ Opening Ceremony

Opening Remarks
Dai-Won Yoon, Chairman of Board of Trustees, Ilsong Educational Foundation, Hallym University

Congratulatory Remarks
Lauri Lajunen, Rector, University of Oulu

■ Session I: Birth Cohort & Childhood Asthma Epidemiology

1. Northern Finland Birth Cohort Programme – Design and Conduct with Reference to Atopy and Asthma
Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, University of Oulu
2. Prevalence of Allergic Disease in Korea: Rural Lifestyles and Hygiene Hypothesis
So-Yeon Lee, Hallym University

■ Session II: Neurodegenerative & Psychiatric Illnesses

1. Epidemiology of Psychiatric Illnesses in Finland
Juha Veijola, University of Oulu
2. Epidemiological Transition in Dementia-Longitudinal Observation in East Asia
Guk-Hee Suh, Hallym University
3. An Epidemiological Study for Sleep Disturbance in Korean Parkinson’s Disease Patients
Hyeo-Il Ma, Hallym University

■ Session III: Vascular Diseases & Diabetes

1. East-West Difference in Finland and Public Health Issue Related to Cardiovascular Disease
Markku Savolainen, University of Oulu
2. Clinical Characteristics of Diabetes Mellitus in Korean Population
Chul Sik Kim, Hallym University

■ Session IV: Bioinformatics

1. High-throughput Serum NMR—Metabolic Phenotyping and Multiomics Studies in Epidemiology
Mika Ala-Korpela, University of Oulu
2. Risk Predictions of Obesity and Hypertension Using Gene Variants Identified in a Korean Genome-Wide Association Study
Ji Wan Park, Hallym University

By Younghee Han, Int’l Operations Team, HUMC (symposium@hallym.or.kr)