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- Evidence-based intervention to improve quality of life of women with breast cancer
- - Finding mechanism of cancer treatment induced altered appearance - Providing evidence-based supportive care and education for intervene altered appearance - Improving self-esteem and enhancing quality of life in women with breast cancer Between 75% and 92% of breast cancer patients receive standard adjuvant chemotherapy, including doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, fluorouracil, or taxotere (docetaxel). These drugs target rapidly dividing cells and affect all proliferating cells, causing multiple cutaneous side effects such as alopecia, erythema, pruritus, and desquamation. Indeed, dermatologic reactions are the most common side effect reported by cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. A multidisciplinary research team including members of Cancer Education Center, medical oncologists, surgical oncologist, dermatologists at Samsung Medical Center and Clinical Epidemiology and Behavior Science Lab at SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University (Principle Investigator - Juhee Cho, Project manager - Danbee Kang, graduate student at SAIHST) has studied cancer treatment induced altered appearance and its impact on distress and psychosocial well-being since 2008. The team found that more than half of the breast cancer patients experienced higher distress due to altered appearance, during cancer treatment, and this distress was strongly associated with negative body image, overall health status, and psychosocial well-being. However, while, significant progress has been made during the past two decades in treating many of the side effects associated with cancer chemotherapy, including emesis, hematopoietic cytopenias, xerostomia, infection, pain, and thrombosis. As a consequence, the team conducted a cohort study to evaluate objective changes in skin composition and associated patient-reported symptoms among breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Objective parameters included quantitative evaluations of changes in water content, sebum content, transepidermal water loss (TEWL), melanin and hair condition. Patient-reported outcomes included dryness, dullness, blemishes, wrinkles loss of elasticity and alopecia due to chemotherapy. They found water content (-6.5%), sebum (-75.5%), and TEWL (-22.4%) significantly decreased during chemotherapy compared to pre-chemotherapy levels. These parameters were lowest at 1 month after completion of chemotherapy and recovered thereafter but did not return to baseline levels after 6 months of follow-up. Most of patients reported dryness (57.9%) and dullness (49.1%) after chemotherapy and patient-reported dryness was significantly associated with decreased sebum content. Additionally, hair diameter at 6th month after chemotherapy had not recovered to baseline level. Furthermore, 36 out of 60 participants (or 60%) whom we were able to contact at 24th month after the study initiation, complained from permanent chemotherapy induced hair issues. Permanent chemotherapy-induced alopecia, defined as absent or incomplete hair regrowth at ≥6 months post-chemotherapy, was reported around 30%. Like chemotherapy induced alopecia (CIA), permanent CIA also lacks recognition and has been underserved regardless of patients’ needs. Professor Cho received the Faculty Research Fund, Sungkyunkwan University in 2013 for this study. Ms.Danbee Kang received the best presenter award at Global Breast Cancer Conference 2013 and Albert M. Kligman Travel Fellowship awards from Society of Investigative Dermatology 2014. The results of their studies were published in Psycho-Oncology and Breast Cancer Research and Treatment in 2015 which were top-tier journals in the area. The research team now conducting two clinical trials collaborating with AMOREPACIFIC, Seoul Kore and Legacy Healthcare, Lausanne, Switzland for improving skin condition and permanent alopecia due to chemotherapy in breast cancer patients respectively. Professor Cho proudly says “This is the best example that multiple interest groups work together to find unmet needs of patients and try to bring evidence-based care with well-conducted studies. We are doing this not only for science but also for people. It is possible because of good-will of the team.”
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- 작성일 2016-11-22
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- 18 Students of SKKU passed The 2016 Public Administration Exam
- 18 students of SKKU have passed at 2016 Public Administration Exam as listed below: [General Administration] Kwang Min KO (Law, ’07), Ja Hyun PARK (History, ’08), Min Kyung SON (Economics, ’08), Sang Ah YOO (Public Administration, ’11), Ji Eun HONG (Global Leader, ’13), Yong Jin KIM (Economics, ’02), Jae Sin LEE (Global Leader, ’09) [Finance] Yeon Jae KANG (Public Administration, ’09), Eun Hyang KIM(Economics, ’07), Ji Woo KIM (Business, ’11), In Seok HONG (Global Leader, ’14) [Education] Jong Hoon YANG (Global Economics, ’10), Ji Won YOO (Education, ’12), Seung Jae LEE (Classical Chinese Education, ’08) [Human Resources] Eun Sung KIM (Business, ’10), Ji Won SEO (Public Administration, ’04) [Immigration] In Pyo HONG (Global Leader, ’09) Advising professor, Keun Sei KIM of the Department of Public Administration said “The class of Public Administration is providing much support in order to cultivate core elites who can lead the development of the country. Every year we see an increase of passing students through various programs such as scholarship, special lecture, etc. If you are interested in public administration, this class will be useful.”
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- 작성일 2016-11-22
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- Suwon City named a road after SKKU
- Suwon City assigned the honored name “Sungdae-ro” to the road which is located around 1600m of SKKU’s Natural Science Campus and the botanical garden. The honor can be given under special circumstances such as corporation installation and international exchanges. SKKU requested to receive the road name last October. The Committee of Road Name Address reviewed the request and decided to give the name due to recognizing SKKU’s contribution to the city as a landmark of local society; as well as the positive effect the university has had for raising the brand value of Suwon City. According to the Road Name Address Act, “Sungdae-ro” will be used in conjunction with the legal road name (Ilwol-ro, Yuljun-ro) for 5 years, which can be extended after a review from the committee. The exact location of “Sungdae-ro” can be found at Road Name Address System, http://www.juso.go.kr.
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- 작성일 2016-11-16
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- Scholarship Donation Ceremony of The Department of China Language and Literature
- An alumnus association of the Department of China Language and Literature (Chair: Su Yeol CHANG (’73), Vice-chair: Jae Hwan LEE (’78), Account Manager: Jung Soo KIM (’82)) visited SKKU on Nov 10th (Thurs) to make a scholarship endowment of 70million won, which was collected from many alumni of the Department of China Language and Literature. “I am deeply grateful to the alumnus of China Language and Literature department for the dedication and generosity they have shown to SKKU” President Chung said. “This donation made of alumnus’s love will support our students’ goals and dreams for years to come.” Su Yeol CHANG, Chair the alumnus association mentioned, “this donation was raised from many alumni. I hope students can gain the self-confidence to continue working on their dreams from the support of alumnus.” At the ceremony, many representatives participated to show their great appreciation including: the President of SKKU Kyu Sang CHUNG, Vice-President In Sub MA, Dean of the Department of China Language and Literature Hyung Woo BYUN, and staffs from the Office of Giving Development.
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- 작성일 2016-11-16
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- Special Lecture from William Adams, Chair of the National Endowments for the Humanities, on Oct 25th
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As the first event of CORE Promotion Week, CORE (Initiatives for colleges of humanities’ research and education) Project organization of SKKU invited William Adams, Chair of the National Endowments for the Humanities, to give a special lecture under the subject of “The reason why humanities are important: Cultivate humanities for STEM generation” on Oct 25th 10AM at the 1st meeting room of 600th Anniversary Hall in SKKU. Mr. Adams received his Ph.D. at the University of California at Santa Cruz with a dissertation in history of consciousness titled Digging in the same place: an essay in the political and social philosophy of Maurice Merleau-Ponty. He served 5 years as president of Bucknell University and became Colby’s 19th president. After having nominated by president Obama, Mr. Adams has been serving as the 10th Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities since July 2014. At the lecture, he will talk about three big themes: (1) Technology won’t adduce answers to our generation, (2) Crisis of democracy and community in the society of technology and knowledge, (3) Democratic citizens with professionalism on alternatives, integrated, and comprehensive viewpoint. The special lecture from William Adams has been planned as a part of government’s CORE project for 16 selected universities including Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul National University, and Korea University. Prof. Ho Duk HWANG (Korean Language and Literature) who organized this event mentioned the purpose of the event as “Since Korea and USA have been confronted from the similar problems of global society, the experiences and knowledge that Mr. Adams have would help to find solutions in Korean society where the appeal of humanities has been blunted.”
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- 작성일 2016-10-24
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- The President of Peking University Visited SKKU
- □ Mr. LIN Juanhua, the President of Peking University and his delegation visited SKKU on Oct 14th (Fri). After having a short tour of old Sungkyunkwan and Sungkyun Institute of China Studies, he met the President of SKKU, Mr. Kyu Sang CHUNG and our representatives including Executive Director, Vice President of International Affairs, deans, and professors, in order to discuss possible cooperation and exchanges in each college. □ Mr. LIN mentioned that it was very impressive to see how well SKKU has preserved the tradition of higher education for over 600 years. He said the vision of Peking University is to become a top world institute with oriental and Chinese history based on the academic foundations of the west. □ Mr. CHUNG said the vision of Peking University is aligned with SKKU’s strategic plan of ‘harmony of tradition and technology’, and emphasized that the identical ideology on education of the two universities will become an important foundation for expanding exchanges and cooperation in the future. □ College of Law explained that solid networks between professors of the two universities has been established throughout the 10 years of exchanges, and is now expected to expand cooperation in student/faculty exchanges, joint international forums, and more. Dual degree programs were also suggested and it will be planned soon. □ School of Business and Graduate School of China suggested exchanges of undergraduate and graduate students respectively. Graduate School of China also asked to develop new partnership with the Business School of Peking University and a detailed discussion will be made in the near future. □ Department of Global Biomedical Engineering mentioned that they will show great efforts to build cooperation such as student/faculty exchange and research cooperation through official agreements. Peking University suggested considering cooperation in the field of Medicine as well. The detailed plans will be developed soon. □ College of Information and Communication Engineering will expand its cooperation with Peking University on undergrad/grad/researcher exchanges as well as dual degree programs. They mentioned that the bilateral ties of the two universities will be strengthened further through the Korea-China Forum which will be held at SKKU in 2017.
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- 작성일 2016-10-20
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- The President of Peking University will visit SKKU
- □ The President of Peking University will visit SKKU to have a meeting with our president on Oct 14th. This visit is planned in order to find SKKU’s values which have developed rapidly in many fields including education, research, industrial cooperation, internationalization, and global status. Also, the two presidents will share their development plans and strategies. □ During the meeting, other exchange agreements besides the joint research, academic forum, graduate students exchanges which are already conducted, are expected to develop. □ Peking University is one of the top institutes in Asia. SKKU and Peking University recently held the 3rd Korea-China Academic Forum at Peking University's Beijing Campus on Sep 7th ~ 8th and bilateral ties between the two universities are expected to strengthen through this meeting.
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- 작성일 2016-10-18
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- The President of SKKU Visited Two Prestigious Universities in Australia
- The 1st SKKU-UWA Joint Forum was held on Sep 29th (Thurs) at the University of Western Australia. 15 representatives including the president of SKKU and faculties in School of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Physics, Eastern Philosophy, Korean Language and Literature, and Journalism participated and shared research activities and its possible collaborations. ○ School of Medicine found possible collaborations on joint research by holding academic forum in the field of breast cancer and dielectric research. Through Study Abroad Elective Program, some students of SKKU will be studying at UWA Medical School from 2017. ○ Department of Biomedical Engineering had discussions about Expansion Microscopy and medical instruments. Trough out the deep conversation, the two universities found new areas for joint research. ○ Department of Physics has agreed on student/faculty exchanges and MOU will be developed soon. Also joint research on the areas of Spintronics, Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Gravity will be conducted soon. ○ Department of Eastern Philosophy will review dual degree program for graduate student level, and encourage UWA students to join IUC program at SKKU. Also they have agreed to participate on Aging in Korea. The 2nd SKKU-UWA Joint Forum will be organized at SKKU since the two universities have agreed to have academic forum every year. University of Western Australia is one of the “Group of Eight” universities, ranked 102th in the QS World University Rankings. The relationship with SKKU is fortified through the student exchange agreement on Nov. 2015 and various of ways for collaborations are expected from this forum. 9 representatives of SKKU including the president, vice president of international affairs, and dean of school of medicine visited University of Queensland (UQ) on Sep 27th (Tue). Through this meeting, the two universities agreed to develop exchange activities such as joint research, joint forums, graduate student exchanges, ISS/WISE student dispatch, and more. Faculties in the Department of Biomedical Engineering visited Queensland Brain Institute and Center for Advanced Imaging to consider new areas that are possible for joint research. The University of Queensland is known as a top global institution. It was ranked 46th in the QS World University Rankings, while rankings for Life Sciences and Medicine placed within the top 30.
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- 작성일 2016-10-12
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- The 5th Global Cross-Country “Learn together, Walk together”
- The 5th Global Cross-country with the theme “Learn together, Walk together” has started on July 13th. 144 students from SKKU, Beijing University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University are participated in this event and they will walk together over 200km during 11days, starting from SKKU Seoul Campus to Go-Sung district.
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- 작성일 2016-07-22
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- The 2nd Undergraduate (Graduate) Literature Contest
- EU Center of KU-KIEP-SBS holds the 2nd Undergraduate (Graduate) Literature Contest. This contest encourages students to raise interest in the EU and produce talented minds. Please refer to the attached Flyer and applications should be submitted by August 15.
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- 작성일 2016-07-19
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