Professor

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