People

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Principal Investigator

Sung Kweon Cho, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor(2025~ ), Assistant Professor(2021~2025),
Department of Pharmacology, Ajou University School of Medicine
Deputy Director of the Clinical Test Center, Ajou University Hospital
Director, Center for Meditech Innovation Laboratory

I started my lab in September 2021 (Ajou University School of Medicine), and uric acid research with serendipitous finding of asymptomatic hypouricemia during Phase 1 trial screening. The prevalence of hypouricemia in Korean is higher than European or African population. We’re trying to solve the background using genetic epidemiology, metabolomics, and population genetics.

I happened to be impressionistic connoisseur after visiting Renoir collection in Barnes Foundation Gallery, The Phillips Collection (D.C), and the Cone Collection at BMA. I also like classical music and skiing.

My favorite quote is “Solvitur Ambuloando.”

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Education

2004 ~ 2016
2009 ~ 2012

2002 ~ 2008

MOT in College of Business, KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology), South Korea
Honors PhD in Department of Pharmacology, Yonsei University, South Korea
(Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogentics)
MD in School of Medicine, SungKyunkwan University, South Korea

Professional Experience

2021 ~ Present
2017 ~ 2021
2016 ~ 2021
2013 ~ 2016
2009 ~ 2013
2008 ~ 2009

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Ajou University, School of Medicine, South Korea
Visiting Fellow, National Cancer Institute (NCI)/NIH, Frederick, MD, U.S. (KVSTA Fellowship)
Research Professor, SAIHST, SungKyunKwan University, Seoul, South Korea
Military Service Obligation/ Captain, Armed Forces Medical Research Institute, Daejeon, South Korea
Residency, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Severance hospital, Seoul, South Korea
Rotating Intern, Severance hospital, Seoul, South Korea

External Collaborators

Cheryl Ann Winkler, Ph.D.

NCI Scientist Emeritus

Cancer Innovation Laboratory,
NCI, Maryland, NIH

Jeffrey B. Kopp, M.D.

Researcher

National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Disease
National Institutes of Health

Raul Cachau, M.D., Ph.D.

Director

Structural Biology, Axle, Bethesda,
National Institutes of Health

Thorkell Andresson, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Director

Mass Spectrometry, NCI,
National Institutes of Health

Blanka Stibůrková, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Charles University Hospital, Czech.

Juyang Jung, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Dept. of Rheumatology
Ajou University Medical Center

Jongwon Oh, M.D., Ph.D.

Professional Physician

Dept. of laboratory medicine
Seoul Clinical Laboratories

Seung Jun Han, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Dept. of inpatient medicine
Seoul National University Hospital

Laboratory fellow

Miyoung Kim, Ph.D.

PostDoc Researcher

Dept. of Pharmacology

Min Jeong Kim, R.N.

Clinical-test Researcher

Dept. of Pharmacology

Graduate students

Seong-ho Cho, M.E.

Ph.D. Candidate

Dept. of Pharmacology

Jaehyeon Ban

M.E. Candidate

Dept. of Artificial Intelligence

Undergraduate students

Minjun Jang

M.D. Candidate

Dept. of Medicine

Yunjin Kim

M.D. Candidate
Medical Support Troops

Dept. of Medicine
Ministry of National Defence

Sanghwan Son

B.S. Candidate

Dept. of Bioscience

Jisoo Kwon

B.S. Candidate
ex-Trainee of the NAVER Connect

Dept. of Mathematics

Minjeong Kim

B.E. Candidate
Trainee

Dept. of Software Engineering
SK Planet

Mingyu Shin

Dept. of Bioscience

Sangwoo Park

M.D. Candidate

Dept. of Medicine

Jaehoon Lee

Pharm Candidate

Coll. of Pharmacy

Visited students

Gang Hyeong Lee

M.S. Candidate

Dept. of Bioscience

Allumni

Jennifer Hwang, D.O.

Instructor of Medicine

Dept. of Internal Medicine
University of Chicago Medicine

Christopher Jenkins, M.D.

Rheumatologist

Los Angeles General Medical Center

Jinseop Kim, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer

Zarathu Co., Ltd.

Shaan H. Desai, M.D., Ph.D

Resident

Dept. of Internal Medicine
Temple University Health System

Sunghwan Kim

Undergraduate Student

Dept. of Medicine
Ajou University School of Medicine

Do Hyeon Cha, M.D.

Ph.D. Candidate

Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST

Shahin Shahsavari, B.S.

Software Engineer and Data Analyst

Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES)

Yoojin Lee, Ph.D.

Epidemiologist

National Institute of Health

Haejin Oh, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

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Heon Kim, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Researcher

SungKyunKwan University School of Medicine

Kitae Kim, Ph.D.

Liquid Biopsy Researcher

AiMA

Myunghee Hong, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor