So Yoon Kim, PhD, MD

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So Yoon Kim, MD, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Medical Law and Ethics, Division of Medical Humanities and Society, College of Medicine, and the Director of the Asian Institute of Bioethics and Health Law (AIBHL), Yonsei University, which is a WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Law and Bioethics., South Korea. The AIBHL is established to develop legal and ethical considerations for the healthcare sector in South Korea and around the world. Since 2002 the AIBHL has been leading the field of bioethics and health law by actively working on research in medical ethics, public health, medical disputes, etc. Her research areas include medical law, medical ethics, advanced biotechnology and clinical ethics, medical dispute, patient safety, global health, elderly health, and mental health. Prof. Kim also served on various government committees and advisory boards, including the Regulatory Review Committee of the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Policy Planning Advisory Committee to the President. Currently, she is the President of the Korean Association of Medical Law, the Editor-in-Chief of both the Academic Network for Future Medicine and Humanities and the Korean Society for Global Health, and a member of the Ethics and Law Committee of the Korean Society of Preventive Medicine. Prof. Kim is the President of the Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) Korea Region Office.