Asan Award in Medicine

The Asan Award in Medicine (frequently written as ASAN Award in Medicine) is an annual medical award presented by the Asan Foundation (ko). Not to be confused with their other prize, the ASAN Award, which is given for volunteer work, nor the Asan Memorial Poetry Prize given by the Asan Memorial Association in memory of Malayalam poet Kumaran Asan.[1] Established in 2007, the Asan Award in Medicine is presented in the categories of Basic Medicine, Clinical Medicine, and Young Medical Scientists who are under the age of 40.[2] For the first five years there was a singular laureate but now there is laureate for basic and clinical and up to three young scientists laureates.[3]

Asan Award in Medicine
CountrySouth Korea
First awarded2008
WebsiteAsan Foundation
Asan Award in Medicine
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationAsan Uihang Sang
McCune–ReischauerAsan ŭihang Sang

History

Raised in 2013 to encourage medical research,[4] prize money for the first two categories is 300 million KRW, and for found scientists it is 50 million KRW each.[5] While the Foundation's website mentions the award is given to "medical scientists devoting themselves to the country’s medical development", the Award's website mentions the honor can be presented to medical scientists of any citizenship who "have made contributions to the development of Korea's medical science." International recipients receive their prize money in 250,000 USD.[3]

Recipients

The award has been given to the following individuals.[6]

Year Laureate
2008 Kim Hyo-Soo
2009 Koh Jae-Young
2010 Lee Sung-Gyu
2011 Park Seung-jung
2012 Koh Gou Young
Year Basic Medicine Clinical Medicine Young Medical Scientists
2013 Chung Jongkyeong Kwon Jun Soo Lee Jeong Ho
Kim Sung-Han
2014 Suh Pann-Ghill Lee Kyung Soo Ko Jaewon
Park Duk-Woo
2015 Park Jong-Wan Lee Myung-Shik Kim Hyongbum
Park Jeong-Yeol
2016 Oh Byung-Ha Roberto Romero Cho Seung-woo
Kim Joon Bum
2017 Kim Jin-Soo Han Duck Jong Choi Jung Kyoon
Ahn Jung-min
2018 Kim Eunjoon Bang Yung-Jue Kim Ho Min
Kim Beom Kyung
2019 Kim V. Narry Kim Jong Sung Han Buhm
Lee Eun Ji
2020 Lee Wonjae Lee Jaewon Ju Yeongseok
Lee Yongho
2021 Ronald M. Evans Koo Bon-Kwon Kim Jin-Hong
Yoo Changhoon

See also
  • Asan Medical Center
  • Gangneung Asan Hospital
  • Ho-Am Prize in Medicine

References
  1. "Asan Memorial Association Awards". Asan Memorial Association. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  2. Kim, Hyoyeon (11 April 2018). "The 11th Asan Award in Medicine Laureates". The KAIST Herald. KAIST. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2020. The Award for Young Medical Scientists is given to medical scientists under the age of 40.
  3. "About the Award". Asan Award in Medicine. ASAN Foundation. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  4. Yoon, Ja-young (25 January 2013). "Asan Medical Awards recipients named". The Korea Times. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  5. Choi, Jee Won (16 January 2018). "IBS Director KIM Eunjoon Won the 11th ASAN Award in Basic Medicine". Institute for Basic Science. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  6. "Laureates". Asan Award in Medicine. Asan Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
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