Background
Kwak, Jong-Young was born on October 5, 1961 in Busan, Republic of Korea. Son of Hyun-Bo Kwak and Bok-Dal Kim.
Kwak, Jong-Young was born on October 5, 1961 in Busan, Republic of Korea. Son of Hyun-Bo Kwak and Bok-Dal Kim.
Bachelor of Science, Pusan National University, 1987. Master of Science, Pusan National University, 1989. Doctor of Philosophy, Pusan National University, 1991.
Postdoctoral staff Emory University Medical School, Atlanta, 1994—1996. Assistant professor Keon-Yang University Medical College, Non-San, Republic of Korea, 1996—1997. Associate professor Dong-A University College Medicine, Pusan, Republic of Korea, since 1997, chairman Department Biochemistry, since 1999.
Director Institute Medical School Dong-A University, 2001—2002. Director Medical Research Center for Cancer Molecular Therapy, Pusan, since 2002. Visiting professor Emory University Medical School, Atlanta, 1997, Kobe University Medical School, Japan, 1998.
Captain Korean Central Medical Military Research Center, 1991-1994.
Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Korean Society for Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (correspondent), New York Academy of Sciences (associate), Society for Leukocyte Biology (associate).
Married Mi-Sook Choi, August 25, 1990. Children: Eun-Bee, Seung-Ha.