Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital

Dr. Jung Jin Cho, professor of Family Medicine at Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, won a Health Minister’s Award in recognition of her contribution for taking a pivotal role as a senior advisor in establishing key principles for national health screening program and its related evaluation criteria.

Dr. Cho also serves as an advisor for national cancer control program at the National Cancer Center and worked for the quality improvement of national health screening program.

She is now a senior researcher at National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency, vice president at the Korean Society of Stress Medicine and a senior member of the Korean Academy of Medical Sciences.

By Jonghun Im, Int’l Cooperation Team, HUMC (imjonghun@hallym.or.kr)