AKN 2002 Annual Meeting Summary
The 2nd Annual AKN Symposium was held on Saturday (9:30 AM - 4:30 PM), November 2, 2002 at the Orange County Convention Center, Room 202A, located in Orlando, Florida, where the 32nd Annual Society for Neuroscience (SFN) Meeting was also held (11/2 through 11/7). Dinner (6-9 PM) was held at the KOREA GARDEN restaurant (Tel: 407-767-9363) following the symposium.(# of people at the Symposium: over 50; # of people at the dinner: over 100)
Keynote Speakers (4) and Poster session (25 posters):
PLENARY SESSION: William D. Willis, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
Cecil H. and Ida M. Green
Chair and Chair, Department of Anatomy & Neurosciences
Director, Marine Biomedical Institute
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555
Seminar Title: "Is Central Sensitization a Spinal Cord Form of LTP?"
Comment: Dr. Willis is a former President of The Society for Neuroscience
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Zang Hee Cho, Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Radiological Sciences and of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
College of Medicine, University of California
Irvine, CA 92697
Lecture Title: "Roles of Functional Brain Imaging in Modern Neuroscience - From Cognitive Neuroscience to Acupuncture"
Comment: Dr. Cho is the inventor of PET scan and a pioneer of MRI. He is currently a Member of US National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine and also a member of National Academy of Sciences - Republic of Korea.
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Uhtaek Oh, Ph.D.
Sensory Research Center, CRI,
Seoul National University,
Seoul, Korea
Lecture Title: "Hot Channel in the Pain Sensing System"
Jae-Young Koh, Ph.D.
CRI Center for the Study of CNS Zinc,
University of Ulsan
College of Medicine,
Ulsan, Korea
Lecture Title: "Zinc and Disease of the Brain"
Recipients of 2002 AKN Awards:
| AKN President Outstanding Research Hanwha Award |
Postdoc: Young-Hui Chang, Ph.D. of Emory University |
| AKN President Outstanding Research SK Award |
Graduate Student: Yoon-Seong Kim of Cornell University |
| AKN Outstanding Research Award |
Graduate Student: Sang Mi Lee of Yonsei University |
New and Old Officers
The new AKN officers for the upcoming year are:
| President |
Dr. Kwang Soo Kim, Harvard University |
| Secretary |
Dr. Un J. Kang, University of Chicago |
| Treasurer |
TBA |
| Newsletter Editor |
Dr. Tong Hyon Lee, Duke University Medical Center |
With the introduction of the new officers, the tremendous job done by the previous officers is gratefully acknowledged:
| President |
Dr. Young Il Kim, University of Virginia |
| Secretary |
Dr. Jin H. Son, Cornell Medical College |
| Treasurer |
Dr. Darrick Kim, University of Illinois |
| Newsletter Editor |
Dr. Tong Hyon Lee, Duke University Medical Center
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