Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital

Hallym University of Korea and University of Oulu are jointly hosting the ‘3rd Oulu-Hallym International Symposium’ at the University of Oulu in Finland on August 27, 2012. Under the theme of “Current Issues in Medicine and Environmental Engineering,” professionals of both institutions are going to share thoughts on a variety of medical and environmental issues.

Among the Hallym dignitaries who will participate in the symposium are Dr. Dai-Won Yoon, Chairman of Board of Trustees of Hallym University, Dr. Hae-Ran Lee, President of Hallym University Medical Center, Dr. Kyoung-Ha Park, professor of cardiology, Dr. Jeong-Hee Choi, professor of pulmonology and allergy, Dr. Wook Chun, professor of burn surgery and three professors of environmental sciences and biotechnology, Dr. Jin Yong Park, Dr. Dongjin Kim, and Dr. Seungdo Kim.

Hallym’s collaboration with the University of Oulu goes back to the year 2008 when Hallym signed an international affiliation agreement with Oulu to promote exchanges of professors and students, collaborative research and joint academic meetings. After that, the two institutions held the first collaborative symposium on “Current Issues in Diabetes, Oncology, and Neurology” at the University of Oulu, Finland in 2009 and the second symposium on “Molecular Epidemiology of Major Diseases in Korea & Finland” at Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Korea in 2011.

The specific programs of the 3rd symposium including speakers and topics are as follows:

■ Opening ceremony

■ Environment (Chairman Kari Laine)
1. Nitrous Oxide Emission from Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant
Dong-Jin Kim
2. Sustainable Abatement and Use of Gaseous Emissions in Process Industry
Riitta Keiski
3. Hybrid Water Treatment by Membrane Separation and Photocatalyst
Jin Yong Park
4. Recent Developments in Intelligent and Focused Water Technology. Case: Computational Chemistry
Giorgio Lanzani & Jaakko Rämö
5. Fugitive Emission Characteristics of HFC-134a from Passenger Vehicles
Seungdo Kim
6. Waste and Energy Synergies; smart energy networks in the North
Eva Pongracz & Antonio Caló

■ Medicine (Chairman Markku Savolainen)
1. Clinical meaning of Endothelial function in Coronary Artery Disease
Kyoung-Ha Park
2. Sudden Cardiac Death Caused by Coronary Heart Disease
Juhani Junttila
3. Engineered Skin Substitute
Wook Chun
4. Development of Biobanking in Finland
Eeva-Riitta Savolainen
5. Genetic Epidemiology of Aspirin-Intolerant Asthma in Korean population
Jeong-Hee Choi
6. Worldwide Burden of Disease from Exposure to Second-Hand Smoke
Maritta Jaakkola

■ Closing ceremony

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