Hallym-Uppsala

The collaboration between Uppsala University and Hallym University started in 2005. Behind the initiative are Kjell Öberg, Professor Emeritus of Endocrine Oncology at the Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, and Yong-Sun Kim, President of Hallym University Medical Center and Professor of Health & Biomedical Sciences at Hallym University. The collaboration between Hallym and Uppsala continues to generate scientific exchanges and is considered highly significant by the government of the Republic of Korea.

Hallym-Uppsala Symposium

The Hallym-Uppsala Symposium is a central part of the collaboration. The symposium is organised alternately by the universities and the topics that have been in focus include antibiotics, drug development, stem cells, regenerative medicine and several other strong research areas at the two academies.