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이기업 (울산대학교 의과대학) Dr. Ki-Up Lee graduated from the College of Medicine, Seoul National University in 1980. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine in 1984 in the Seoul National University Hospital. He did clinical fellowship in the Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism in Seoul National University Hospital during 1984-1986. He received Ph.D. from the Seoul National University in 1986, with the thesis on "the effect of plasma free fatty acid on the glucose metabolism" from his mentor, Dr. Hun Ki Min. He continued his research fellowship in Dr. Ji-Won Yoon's lab in the University of Calgary, Canada. After returning to Korea in 1988, he became a faculty member of Department of Internal Medicine in the University of Ulsan College of Medicine / Asan Medical Center, Dr. Lee is a clinician taking care of diabetic patients, and has many important clinical papers in famous journals like Diabetes Care and Diabetologia. However, during the past 15 years, he has more or less focused on the basic biomedical research. His major research interest has been on the molecular mechanism of metabolic syndrome, diabetes and its complications. In recent years, he is focusing on the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome. Dr. Lee has published more than 140 articles in international journals, among them is a paper published in Nature Medicine in 2004, describing an anti-obesity effect of alpha-lipoic acid. He received Yuhan Medical Research Award (1989) from the Seoul Medical Association, Namkok Research Award (1999) from the Korean Association of Endocrinology, Hamchoon Medical Research Award (2004) from the Alumni of College of Medicine, Seoul National University, and Emil von Behring Research Grand Award (2005) from the Korean Medical Association. He is now the principal investigator of Translational Research Center for Diabetes, supported from the Korea Health Industry, and also the principal investigator of a "Future-based Technology Development Program" grant supported from the National Research Foundation, the Ministry of Science and Technology. |