Yonsei Institute
for Global Health

Department of Environmental Medical Biology at Yonsei University was established in 1957 by Professor Jintak So. We are focusing on infectious diseases caused by parasites that inhabit in the environment, in order to protect and improve people’s health. There are 2 institutes within our department : Institute of Tropical Medicine(1968) and Arthropods of Medical Importance Resource Bank(2007). There are 4 professors, 4 fellows, 4 research assistants, and 15 research workers and graduate students working in our department.

Our main research area is consisted of the traditional parasitology, immunoparasitology, arthropodology, tropical medicine, and international public health.