Johns Hopkins, MIT, Stanford scholars to speak at Yonsei precision medicine forum
Leading biomedical scholars from around the world will gather in Seoul this month to discuss advances in precision medicine, a key focus in cutting-edge biomedical research.
Severance Hospital said Tuesday Yonsei University College of Medicine will host the Avison Biomedical Symposium 2025 from Aug. 22 to 23 at the Eun Myung Auditorium of Severance Hospital in central Seoul, under the theme, “New Horizons for Precision Medicine in Genetic Diseases.”
Now in its 22nd year, the annual international symposium honors Dr. Oliver R. Avison, the founding dean of Korea’s first modern medical school, Yonsei University College of Medicine.
The symposium consists of six sessions, four on the first day and two on the second day.
On the first day, there will be two sessions in the morning and two in the afternoon. In Session 1, Professors Ulrich Mueller and Wade Chien from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Kim Dae-won from Yonsei University will present on new paradigms in therapeutics for genetic diseases. In Session 2, Professor Daniel G. Anderson from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Professors Lee Hyuk-jin and Bae Sang-su from Seoul National University will discuss cutting-edge biotechnology tackling human diseases.
In Session 3 in the afternoon, Professor Andrew H. Song of Harvard Medical School, Professor Kim Byung-hoon of Yonsei University, and Professor Park Woong-yang of Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine will explore new tools for precision medicine. In Session 4, Professor Wong Lee Chin of Taiwan National University College of Medicine, Professor Kim Jin-kuk of KAIST, and Professors Ko A-ra and Lee Ha-neul of Yonsei University will discuss targeted therapy in rare diseases in terms of treatment approaches and prevention strategies.
On the second day, in Session 5, Professor Tomi Pastinen of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Professor Han Jin-u of Yonsei University, and Professor Jung In-kyung of KAIST will address “Beyond NGS: Advanced Genetic Disease Diagnosis Techniques.” In the final Session 6, Professor Victoria Parikh from Stanford University and Professors Hyongbum Henry Kim and Kim Sang-woo from Yonsei University will discuss advancing precision strategies for health preservation in preventive genetics.
Participation is free, with pre-registration open until Aug. 21 via the Yonsei University College of Medicine Research Office website at https://mrss.yonsei.ac.kr/avison. On-site registration will also be available on the day of the event.