Jeonbuk National University and Harvard University Join Hands to Attract Bio Industry to Jeonbuk

"Securing New Growth Engine for Jeonbuk through Attraction of Bio-Specialized Complex"

Close Cooperation in International Joint Clinical Research and Talent Exchange

Jeonbuk National University (President Yang Obong) has joined hands to attract a world-class research institute and a national advanced strategic industry bio-specialized complex to Jeonbuk.

According to Jeonbuk National University on the 5th, at 4 p.m. that day at Jeonbuk Provincial Office, an organic cooperation system was established with the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Institute for Medical Engineering and Nanomedicine (Director Choi Haksoo) under Harvard Medical School, USA, to contribute to the growth and development of the bioindustry by creating a bio-specialized complex, and a business agreement was signed.

The signing ceremony was attended by Jeonbuk National University, Jeonbuk Province, Wonkwang University, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute Advanced Radiation Research Institute, and Jeonbuk Bio Convergence Industry Promotion Agency.

MGH, located in Boston, USA, is a hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School established in 1811 and is the oldest medical institution in the United States. It has world-class clinical and research infrastructure.

This agreement was reached as Jeonbuk National University and Jeonbuk Province made every effort to attract a national advanced strategic industry bio-specialized complex, raising expectations.

Jeonbuk National University will collaborate with MGH to discover and promote joint projects to revitalize the bio-specialized complex through international joint clinical research and customized precision medical research centered on medical schools and university hospitals in Jeonbuk Province.

Through the glocal university project promoted by Jeonbuk National University and others, and the local innovation project based on cooperation between local governments and universities, talent exchange and cultivation cooperation, as well as technology and policy exchanges in the bio field, will also be implemented to strengthen global leading technological capabilities.

With this agreement, a project promotion system will be established in the Boston (Harvard) - Jeonju (Jeonbuk National University) - Iksan (Wonkwang University) - Jeongeup (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute Advanced Radiation Research Institute) region, which is expected to further strengthen the designation of the bio-specialized complex.

President Yang Obong said, "The cooperation between Jeonbuk National University and the world’s top research institute for the development of the bioindustry once again proves that Jeonbuk National University’s research competitiveness is world-class," adding, "We will actively utilize excellent researchers and infrastructure to soar as a flagship university leading the attraction of the bio-specialized complex and industrial development.”

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