Eui-Cheol Shin, M.D., Ph.D.
Present Position
Professor, Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering,
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Contact Information
ecshin@kaist.ac.kr
Education
1990-1996 M.D., Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
1996-2001 Ph.D. (in Microbiology & Immunology), Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Career
2002 – 2007 Research Fellow, Immunology Section, Liver Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA (Advisor: Barbara Rehermann, M.D.)
2007 – present Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor, Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
Academic Activities
2011 – 2012 Chair, Vaccine Interest Group, The Korean Association of Immunologists, Korea
2014 – 2017 Chair, Academic Committee, The Korean Vaccine Society, Korea
2017 – present Member, Immunology working group, International Coalition to Eliminate Hepatitis B Virus (ICE-HBV)
2017 – present Co-organizer, 26th International Symposium on Hepatitis C Virus and Related Viruses, 2019
2018 – present Chair, Academic Committee, The Korean Society of Virology, Korea
2018 – present Member, HCV Conference International Organizing Committee
2019 – present Chair, Immuno-Oncology Interest Group, The Korean Association of Immunologists, Korea
2010 – present Editorial Board, Frontiers in Microbiology
2012 – present Editorial Board, Clinical and Experimental Medicine
2013 – present Deputy Editor, Immune Network
Awards
1. KAI-Genexine Award, 2018, The Korean Association of Immunologists, Korea
2. Hantan Award, 2017, The Korea Society of Virology, Korea
3. GSK Academic Award, 2016, The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver, Korea