DAEJEON — The Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine laid out its research and management direction and its vision for domestic and international research cooperation as it marked its 32nd anniversary.
The institute said it held the anniversary ceremony and the opening of its Korean Medicine Brain Neuroscience Research Center at its headquarters in Daejeon on the 1st, followed by an international symposium where it shared those plans.
Launched in 1994 as the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine Research, the institute has steadily expanded its research scope to put Korean medicine on a more scientific footing and to standardize and globalize the field.
The newly opened Korean Medicine Brain Neuroscience Research Center will serve as a research base for scientifically identifying the treatment principles of Korean medicine for brain and nervous system disorders and for conducting convergence research linked to advanced technologies such as neuroscience.
To mark the center's opening, the institute held an international symposium on "Advancing Brain Research through Neuroimaging and Neuromodulation."
Researchers from Korea and abroad, including Harvard Medical School in the United States, Monash University in Australia and Lund University in Sweden, took part, sharing recent research trends and findings in the brain and nervous system field with a focus on neuroimaging and neuromodulation, and discussing the potential for joint research and expanded international cooperation.
"Through the convergence of Korean medicine and advanced science and technology, we will build an even stronger scientific foundation," said Ko Seong-gyu, president of the institute. "We will work to produce research results that the public can feel."
