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2025

1

Appointed Tae Won Kim, M.D., Ph.D., as the third chairman of Asan Institute for Life Sciences

2024

7

Awarded 3 projects in the "Korea-US Innovation R&D for Research-Driven Hospitals”

2023

7

Designated as the Preclinical Evaluation Center for Cancer Therapeutics (APEX)

1

Established AMC Science

2022

8

Re-designated as the Research-Driven Hospital (KRH) by the Ministry of Health and Welfare

7

Obtained permission for management business of human cells, etc.

4

Signed an MoU with Korea Drug Development Fund (KDDF)

2021

7

Awarded Korea Research-driven Hospital R&D Project (3rd Unit)

6

AAHRPP Full Accreditation (3rd)

3

Designated as the Institute for Advanced Regenerative Medicine by Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare

2020

7

Awarded Korea Research-driven Hospital R&D Project (2nd Unit)

7

Designated as the Data-driven Hospital by the Ministry of Health and Welfare

2019

12

Opened the Dr. Answer(AI based Precision Medicine Solution) Showroom

11

Signed a Collaboration MoU with Pusan National University Hospital

10

Launched the Asan Research Information System(ARIS)

9

Signed a Research Collaboration MoU with Sogang University

8

Signed an Academic and Research Collaboration Agreement with the University of Leeds

2018

11

Held a Commemorative Symposium for being awarded Korea Research-driven Hospital R&D Project and established HCT(Human-Centered Convergence Technology) R&D Center

4

Established K-DaSH(Korea Data and Software-driven Healthcare Consortium)

4

Designated as Specialized Big Data Center by the Ministry of Science and ICT

2017

11

AIM has achieved ISO9001(International Organization for Standardization) certification

9

Signed an MoU with Seoul National University Hospital and Seoul National University Bundang Hospital for Medical Big Data Research Collaboration

5

Established AIM(Asan Image Metrics) and Big Data-Driven Clinical Trial Acceleration & Optimization Core under Clinical Trial Center

3

Awarded the 1st Medical Big Data Analytics Competition

1

Established AI4MI Center(Artificial Intelligence for Medical Imaging R&D Center)

1

Established Health Innovation & Big Data Center, Convergence Research Center, and Center for Drug Discovery Support

2016

6

AAHRPP Re-accreditation

6

Established Center for Non-clinical Development

5

Designated as the institute for Clinical Research Personnel Training by the MFDS

5

Signed an MoU on Partnership with University of Minnesota Medical Center and Medical School

2015

11

Held an MoU Memorial International SymposiumSigned an MoU on Partnership with University of Minnesota Medical Center and Medical School

10

Established Stem Cell Center

10

Established Hospital based Open Platform for Enterprise cooperation(HOPE)

10

Held Medical Big-data Symposium

9

Established Asan-Minnesota Institute for Innovating Transplantation(AMIT) in collaboration with University of Minnesota

8

Established Center for Advancing Cancer Therapeutics designated by the government

1

Appointed Chong Jai Kim, M.D., Ph.D., as the second chairman of Asan Institute for Life Sciences

2014

10

Signed a Collaborative Research Agreement on Bio-imaging Technology among AMC, PerkinElmer and C-BiND

7

Established Biomedical Engineering Research Center (expanded from Biomedical Engineering R&D Center)

7

Established Center for Bio-imaging of New Drug Development (C-BiND)

6

Joined WIN Consortium(Worldwide Innovative Networking in Cancer Personalized Medicine)

5

Signed a Collaborative Research Agreement on Cancer Genetics & Genomics with Sanofi

1

Established the Department of Convergence Medicine

2013

12

AAHRPP(Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Program) Full Accreditation

10

Signed an MoU with Tokyo Women's Medical University

10

Established AMC-KIST Translational Research Center (KIST: Korea Institute of Science and Technology)

7

Established Robotic Surgery Training Center

3

Designated as the Research-Driven Hospital by Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare

3

Signed an MOU with Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute(ETRI) on IT-BT research collaboration

2012

11

Designated as Global Center of Excellence in Clinical Trials by Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare

6

Established the Center for Image Guided Interventional Robotics

6

Signed an agreement on AMC-KAIST Radio-Medical Doctoral Program

4

Signed a MoU with Korea National Institute of Health

3

Held ASAN-KIST discussion meeting on collaborative research program

2

Celebrated the renewal of Animal Research Center

2

Established Asan Medical Center-Hyundai Heavy Industries Laboratory of Medical Robotics

1

Signed Phase 1 Study Unit Collaboration MoU with PAREXEL International

2011

11

Established the Human Research Protection Center

10

Signed a joint R&D agreement on the medical robotics with Hyundai Heavy Industries

10

Appointed Choung Soo Kim, M.D., Ph.D., as the first chairman of Asan Institute for Life Sciences

10

celebrated the completion of AILS Center 1

10

Established Asan Center for Cancer Genome Discovery in Collaboration with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

10

Held AILS International symposium on "personalized medicine"

2010

6

Held a Public hearing session on Center 1 reconstruction plan

4

Held an international symposium celebrating the 20th anniversary of Asan Institute for Life Sciences

4

Held a Scientific Advisory Board meeting

2009

7

Held a groundbreaking ceremony for AILS Center 1

2008

1

Established the Laboratory of Metabolic Diseases

2007

11

Held the Asan industrial and academic partner's performance evaluation seminar

2006

3

Held the ceremony upon the approval of reconstruction plan for Center 1

2004

12

Opened the Asan Education and Research Building

2001

5

Selected as National Research Lab (Supervisor: Professor Ki Up Lee)

1990

6

Established the former Asan Institute for Life Sciences (Biomedical Research Center at present)