Professor Dongmin Kim of Chosun University Hospital Selected for Health and Medical Technology R&D Project

Professor Dongmin Kim, Department of Infectious Diseases, Chosun University Hospital.

Chosun University Hospital announced on May 14 that Professor Dongmin Kim of the Department of Infectious Diseases was recently selected for the 2025 Health and Medical Technology R&D Project, which is overseen by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare is pursuing this project with the main goals of improving the level of health and medical technology, enhancing regional medical equity, and expanding biohealth exports, in line with its health and medical R&D policy direction of "realizing a Healthcare 4.0 era where all citizens are healthy."

The project for which Professor Kim was selected falls under the development of diagnostic technologies tailored to medical field needs, and is one of the national priority research projects aimed at strengthening infectious disease diagnostic technologies.

Professor Kim will carry out the project titled "Development and Performance Verification of Rapid Diagnostic Kits for Five Types of Outdoor Activity-Related Infectious Diseases Based on POC-qPCR Platform" in collaboration with Bioneer Co., Ltd. The research, which began last month, will be conducted over approximately 21 months until December 31, 2026, with funding of 270 million KRW.

Professor Dongmin Kim stated, "Through the development of technologies for rapid on-site diagnosis of infectious diseases, I will do my best to strengthen the response capabilities of local medical sites and contribute to the advancement of the national infectious disease management system."

Meanwhile, Professor Kim has been dedicated to infectious disease research, playing a leading role in strengthening infectious disease research, prevention, treatment, and management systems both locally and nationally, by contributing to blocking the spread of infectious diseases through prevention and hospital infection control.

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