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KMID : 1143420200130261897
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Public Health Weekly Report
2020 Volume.13 No. 26 p.1897 ~ p.1910
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Current Status of International Research Cooperation of Korea National Institute of Health
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Choi Seung-Ho
Lee Chi-Hoon
Jung Gyung-Tae
Moon Ki-Eun
Song Yang-Soo
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Abstract
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The Korea National Institute of Health (KNIH) has been building a foundation for research cooperation with overseas leading organizations around the world in terms of infectious diseases research, chronic diseases research, and genome research. Such cooperative relationships have been expanded through various ways: exchanges of biological resources, provision of R&D support, collaborative research, exchanges of personnel, holding international symposiums, signing MoUs, and joining international networks as a member. The KNIH has provided R&D support for and exchanged biological resources with research organizations in Africa and Southeast Asia, as part of the efforts to strengthen its response capabilities against infectious diseases and relevant research capacity. The KNIH also developed MERS antibodies in 2016 through collaborative research with the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). In the meantime, cooperative relationships for chronic disease research have been built through MoUs with research institutes in the U.S., Germany, and the U.K. The KNIH has been bolstering close ties as well with Finland to implement a major national project of building the National BioHealth Big Data and strengthen its research foundation for precision medicine. With the recent emergence of novel and variant infectious diseases such as COVID-19, an increasing threat of chronic diseases, and a growing importance of precision medicine, there has been a shift in the paradigm of health research. In this context, the need for cooperation expansion is expected to increase in the years to come. In response, it is necessary to take the KNIH’s capabilities regarding international research cooperation to the next level. An effective approach to consider is to create a specialized department in charge of developing and implementing the KNIH’s medium- and long-term strategies for international research cooperation, as well as of supporting, promoting, and managing the international cooperation activities of the research centers and divisions.
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KEYWORD
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infectious diseases, overseas bases, chronic diseases, genome, BioHealth Big Data, international research cooperation
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