Asan Award in Medicine should not be confused with Asan Memorial Poetry Prize.
| Asan Award in Medicine | |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Website: | Asan Foundation |
| Rr: | Asan Uihang Sang |
| Mr: | Asan ŭihang Sang |
The Asan Award in Medicine (frequently written as the ASAN Award in Medicine;) is an annual medical award presented by the Asan Foundation (ko). Not to be confused with their other prize, the ASAN Award, which is given for volunteer work, nor the Asan Memorial Poetry Prize given by the Asan Memorial Association in memory of Malayalam poet Kumaran Asan.[1] Established in 2007, the Asan Award in Medicine is presented in the categories of Basic Medicine, Clinical Medicine, and Young Medical Scientists who are under the age of 40.[2] For the first five years there was a singular laureate but now there is laureate for basic and clinical and up to three young scientists laureates.[3]
Raised in 2013 to encourage medical research,[4] prize money for the first two categories is 300 million KRW, and for found scientists it is 50 million KRW each.[5] While the Foundation's website mentions the award is given to "medical scientists devoting themselves to the country’s medical development", the Award's website mentions the honor can be presented to medical scientists of any citizenship who "have made contributions to the development of Korea's medical science." International recipients receive their prize money in US$250,000.[3]
The award has been given to the following individuals.[6]
| Year | Laureate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Kim Hyo-Soo (김효수) | |||
| 2009 | Koh Jae-Young (고재영) | |||
| 2010 | Lee Sung-Gyu (이승규) | |||
| 2011 | Park Seung-jung (Korean: [[:ko:박승정|박승정]]) | |||
| 2012 | Koh Gou Young (Korean: [[:ko:고규영|고규영]]) | |||
| Year | Basic Medicine | Clinical Medicine | Young Medical Scientists | |
| 2013 | Chung Jongkyeong (정종경) | Kwon Jun Soo (권준수) | Lee Jeong Ho (이정호) Kim Sung-Han (김성한) | |
| 2014 | Suh Pann-Ghill (Korean: [[:ko:서판길|서판길]]) | Lee Kyung Soo (이경수) | Ko Jaewon (고재원) Park Duk-Woo (박덕우) | |
| 2015 | Park Jong-Wan (박종완) | Lee Myung-Shik (이명식) | Kim Hyongbum (김형범) Park Jeong-Yeol (박정열) | |
| 2016 | Oh Byung-Ha (오병하) | Roberto Romero (로베르토 로메로) | Cho Seung-woo (조승우) Kim Joon Bum (김준범) | |
| 2017 | Kim Jin-Soo (Korean: [[:ko:김진수 (과학자)|김진수]]) | Han Duck Jong (한덕종) | Choi Jung Kyoon (최정균) Ahn Jung-min (안정민) | |
| 2018 | Kim Eunjoon (김은준) | Bang Yung-Jue (Korean: [[:ko:방영주|방영주]]) | Kim Ho Min (김호민) Kim Beom Kyung (김범경) | |
| 2019 | Kim V. Narry (Korean: [[:ko:김빛내리|김빛내리]]) | Kim Jong Sung (김종성) | Han Buhm (한범) Lee Eun Ji (이은지) | |
| 2020 | Lee Wonjae (이원재) | Lee Jaewon (이재원) | Ju Yeongseok (주영석) Lee Yongho (이용호) | |
| 2021 | Ronald M. Evans (로날드 에반스) | Koo Bon-Kwon (구본권) | Kim Jin-Hong (김진홍) Yoo Changhoon (유창훈) | |
| 2022 | Shin Eui-Cheol (Korean: [[:ko:신의철|신의철]]) | Lee Jeong Min (이정민) | Kim Sung-Yon (김성연) Suh Chong Hyun (서종현) | |
| 2023 | Chun Jang-Soo (전장수) | Kang Yoon-Koo (강윤구) | Jeong Choongwon (정충원) Park Sehoon (박세훈) | |
| 2024[7] [8] | Changjoon Justin Lee (이창준) | Kim Wonyeong (김원영) | Jeong Ingyeong (정인경) Oh Takgyu (오탁규) | |