IFBLS 2022

Keynote Lecture
Maria VAN KERKHOVE Ph.D., USA COVID-19 Technical Lead
World Health Organization: Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove is an infectious disease epidemiologist who currently serves as the technical lead for the COVID-19 response at WHO. Her focus includes developing prevention and control programs around high threat respiratory pathogens. Prior to COVID-19, she was serving as the MERS-CoV technical lead.

Keynote Lecture
Dong-Seon CHANG Ph.D., Korea Neuroscientist
CEO, Curious Brain Research Institute: Dr. Chang received his Ph.D. from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics & University of Tübingen (Department of Human Perception, Cognition and Action). He won the German National Champion in Science Slam 2014 and is a global expert in neurotechnology & science communication. Before founding his lab, he served as the Head of Future Technology Strategy Team at Hyundai Motor Group.

Keynote Lecture New Waves of Clinical Laboratory in Future Revolution Mi-Na KIM M.D., Korea Department of Laboratory Medicine, Organ Transplantation Center Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine: Prof. Kim’s specialties are in clinical microbiology and nosocomial infection. Her research focuses on bacteriology, mycology and parasitology, especially in regard to the diagnosis of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, identification of resistance mechanisms and infection control. At this congress, Prof. Kim will give an incredible presentation on “New Waves of Clinical Laboratory in Future Revolution”.

Plenary Lecture Past, Present and Future of IFBLS Marie CULLITON MSc MBA FAMLS, Ireland President-Elect International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Science: Marie Culliton served two terms as the President of the Council of the Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine, and also served as the President of the European Association for Professions in Biomedical Science during 2004-2018. Based on her extensive experience and as the President-Elect of IFBLS, she will present on the “Past, Present and Future of IFBLS”.

Plenary Lecture New Normal, New Lab Kyoko KOMATSU Ph.D., Japan Chairman of Board and President Tsukuba Medical Laboratory of Education and Research: Having served as the first Japanese President of IFBLS, Dr. Komatsu has been extensively involved in the development of the biomedical laboratory science in the global community. She will give a plenary lecture on the theme of the congress, “New Normal, New Lab”.

Plenary Lecture K-Quarantine in Pandemic Hyukmin LEE M.D., Korea Department of Laboratory Medicine and Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance Severance Hospital Yonsei University College of Medicine: As a Korea’s leading infectious disease expert, Dr. Lee has received the Prime Minister’s Award in 2017 in recognition of his contribution to the prevention and management of infectious disease. His research interest is on clinical microbiology and will talk about “K-Quarantine in Pandemic” at this congress.

Plenary Lecture How to Prepare for the ‘New Normal’ Yong LIM Ph.D., Korea Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Dong-Eui University: Having received his Ph.D. in Pharmacy, Prof. Lim conducts his main research in life pharmacy and has been specializing and teaching in General Chemistry, Clinical Biochemistry, Clinical Chemistry, Urinalysis and Fluid Testing, and Nuclear Medicine Laboratory at Dong-Eui University. He will give a plenary lecture on the post-COVID-19 health care with a topic, "How to Prepare for the New Normal".

Plenary Lecture College of American Pathologists (CAP) Inspection: Why, what and how to prepare Myong Ho NAM M.D., USA Department of Pathology / Laboratory Medicine Inova Central Laboratories & Inova Schar Cancer Institute Inova Health System George Mason University Teaching Faculty: Dr. Nam’s specialties lie in the areas of Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology, Blood Banking / Transfusion Medicine and Hematology. Her clinical interest focuses on Blood Disorders.

Special Lecture An Overview of Initiatives and Activities of Korea's Blood Safety Project Young Ae LIM M.D., Ph.D., Korea Department of Laboratory Medicine Ajou University School of Medicine

Special Lecture Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy: Current and Future Dae-Hyun KO M.D., Ph.D., Korea Department of Laboratory Medicine Asan Medical Center University of Ulsan College of Medicine

Special Lecture Approaches to Scrub Typhus Vaccine Development Na-Young HA Korea Biomedical Research Institute Chungnam National University

Special Lecture Study on Production of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies after COVID-19 Vaccination Dohsik MINN M.D. Ph.D, Korea Department of Diagnostic Immunology Seegene Medical Foundation

Special Lecture Insights from Fieldwork; Guillain-Barre Syndrome Associated with SARS-CoV-2 vaccination Jongmok HA M.D., M.S., Korea Department of Neurology , Infectious Disease Control Center Yeoncheon-gun Health Medical Center, Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Invited Speakers