Career Summary

• 1987-1993 M.B. Medical Science, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea
• 1995-1998 Ph.D. Department of Parasitology, Graduate School of Wong Wang College of Medicine, Iksan, Korea
• 1993-1995 M.P.H. Department of Medicine, Graduate School of Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
• 2001-2005 Instructor, Department of Parasitology, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University
• 2005 -2008 Assistant Professor, Department of Parasitology, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University
• 2008-2013 Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Medical Biology, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University
• 2008 – present Head Professor, Department of Environmental Medical Biology, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University
• 2010-present Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Poverty Alleviation and International Development (IPAID), Yonsei University
• 2010 – present President of The Korean Water Society
• 2013- present Full Professor, Department of Environmental Medical Biology, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University
• 2011– 2013 Project Manager of the Project “Health Services Improvement in Tikapur”. KOICA, Yonsei University & Ministry of Health and Population of Nepal
• 2014–present Director of Roseclub International (Korean NGO)

Selected articles

	TITLE	JOURNAL	YEAR	GRADE
1	Immunotoxicity of silicon dioxide nanoparticles with different sizes and electrostatic charge	Int J Nanomed	2014	SCIE
2	positive effects of hydrogen water on 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene-induced atopic dermatitis in NC/Nga mice	Biol Pharm Bull	2014	SCIE
3	Validity of SW982 synovial cell line for studying the drugs against rheumatoid arthritis in fluvastatin-induced apoptosis signaling model	Indian J Med Res	2014	SCIE
4	The drinking effect of Gangcheon mountain spring water on diabetes patients	Korean J Waters	2014
5	The Biological effects of Long-term drinking Gangcheon mountain spring water on ICR mouse	Korean J Waters	2014
6	Changing Pattern of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Tikapur Nepal: A Hope for Future Health	Altern Integ Med	2014
7	The drinking effect of hydrogen water on atopic dermatitis induced by dermatophagoides farinae allergen in NC/Nga mice	Evid-Based Comp Alt	2013	SCIE
8	The balneotherapy effect of hydrogen reduced water on UVB-mediated skin injury in hairless mice	Mol Cell Toxicol	2013	SCIE
9	CpG oligodeoxynucleotide induces apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in A20 lymphoma cells via TLR9-mediated pathways	Mol Immunol	2013	SCI
10	HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors induce apoptosis of lymphoma cells by promoting ROS generation and regulating Akt, Erk and p38 signals via suppression of mevalonate pathway	Cell Death Disease	2013	SCI
11	Assessment of drinking water and sanitation habits in rural Tikapur, Nepal	Rural Remote Health	2013	SSCI
12	Anti-obesity effect of alkaline reduced water in high fat-fed obese mice	Biol Pharm Bull	2013	SCIE
13	Autophagy contributes to apoptosis in A20 and EL4 lymphoma cells treated with fluvastatin	Cancer Cell Int	2013	SCIE
14	Involvement of the FoxO3a pathway in the ischemia/ reperfusion injury of cardiac microvascular endothelial cells	Exp Mol Pathol	2013	SCIE
15	clinical effect and mechanism of alkaline reduced water	J Food Drug Anal	2012	SCI
16	Application of electrolyzed water as a useful disinfectant in developing countries	Korean J Waters	2012	SCIE
17	evaluation of the efficiency of the urine-mda analyzer compared to TBARS malondialdehyde quantitation	Korean J Waters	2012
18	The anti-oxidant effect of high concentrated mineral water: in vivo and in vitro	Korean J Waters	2012
19	Tube well contamination in Tikapur, Nepal	Korean J Waters	2012
20	Bambusae caulis in Liquamen suppresses the expression of thymus and activation-regulated chemokine and macrophage-derived chemokine in human keratinocytes due to antioxidant effect	Evid-Based Comp Alt	2012	SCI
21	Histological study on the effect of electrolyzed reduced water-bathing on UVB radiation-induced skin injury in hairless mice	Biol Pharm Bull	2011	SCIE
22	The melamine excretion effect of the electrolyzed reduced water in melamine-fed mice	Food Chem Toxicol	2011	SCI
23	The effect of extract powder of fruits and vegetables on hangover	Korean J Waters	2011
24	The effects of hot spring water on reactive oxygen species (ROS) in human study	Korean J Waters	2011
25	The bathing effect of mineral-deep water on DNCB-induced atopic dermatitis-like skin lesions in hairless mice	Korean J Waters	2011
26	The effect of obesity inhibition on drinking of Makgeolli made by alkaline spring water in high fat diet-fed C57BL/6 mice	Korean J Waters	2011
27	The water quality evaluation of hot spring water of Gangcheon-san, Sunchang-gun, Korea	Korean J Waters	2011
28	The evaluation of efficacy on oral cavity cleaner (Dental Cleaner)	Korean J Waters	2011
29	Alkaline reduced water and its antioxidant effect	Korean J Waters	2011
30	Involvement of oxidative stress in simvastatin-induced apoptosis of murine CT26 colon carcinoma cells	Toxicol Letters	2010	SCI
31	Reactive oxygen species are involved in the IFN-r-stimulated production of Th2 chemokines in HaCaT keratinocytes	J Cell Physiol	2010	SCI
32	Alkaline reduced water	Korean J Waters	2010
33	The effects of alkaline reduced water on hangover symptom	Korean J Waters	2010
34	The effects of bath in alkaline reduced spring water on reactive oxygen species (ROS) in human study	Korean J Waters	2010
35	The effect of mineral induced alkaline reduced water on broiler chicken	Korean J Waters	2010
36	The efficacy of evaluation of tourmaline-ionized water in animal study	Korean J Waters	2009
37	Electrolyzed-reduced water inhibits acute ethanol-induced hangovers in Sprague-Dawley rats	Biomed Res	2009
38	Essential involvement of cross-talk between IFN-randTNF-a in CXCL10 production in human THP-1 monocytes	Korean J. Microscopy	2009
39	Fluvastatin inhibits expression of the chemokine MDC/CCL22 induced by interferon-?in HaCaT cells, a human keratinocyte cell line	Biomed Res -Tokyo	2009	SCIE
40	Effects of Bambusae caulis in Liquamen on the development of atopic dermatitis-like skin lesions in hairless mice	J Cell Physiol	2009	SCI
41	The adenylylcyclase-cAMP system suppresses TARC/CCL17 and MDC/CCL22 production through p38 MAPK and NF-kB in HaCaT ke43ratinocytes	Brit J Pharmacol	2009	SCI
42	The Food Safety of Superfine Powder (Phellinus linteus) Processed by Nanomill in C57BL/6 Mice	J Ethnopharmacol	2009	SCIE
43	The Anticancer Effect of Inonotus obliquus Pilat(Chaga) Processed by Nanomill Technology In Vivo	Mol Immunol	2009	SCI
44	Superfine saengshik improves the liver protecting effect compared with fine Saengshik in animal model	Korean J. Microscopy	2009
45	The food safety of superfine Saengshik processed by top-down technique in mice	Korean J. Microscopy	2009
46	the immunological effects of electrolyzed reduced water on the Echinostoma hortense infection in C57BL/6 mice	J Food Sci	2009	SCIE
47	The effects of electrolyzed reduced water on blood and organ tissues of mice	Korean J Microscopy	2008
48	The effects of magnesium rich sea mineral water on atopic dermatitis-like skin lesions in hairless mice	Korean J. Microscopy	2008
49	The effect of mineral-induced alkaline reduced water on the DSS-induced acute inflammatory bowel disease mouse model	Korean J. Microscopy	2008
50	Anticancer effect of ascorbic acid and saengshik on CT-26 colon cancer	Korean J. Microscopy	2008
51	Effects of electrolyzed alkaline reduced water on Echinostoma hortense infection and immune response in C57BL/6 mice	Korean J. Microscopy	2008
52	Ultramicroscopic investigation of the preservation status of hair collected from a full-term, intrauterine baby mummy of the Joseon Dynasty, Korea	Int J Osteoarchaeol	2008	SSCI
53	Immune response and inhibitory effect of ketotifen on the BALB/c and C3H/HeN mice infected with Echinostoma hortense	Korean J. Microscopy	2007	SCIE
54	A clinical trial of orally administered alkaline reduced water	J Exp Biomed	2007	SCIE
55	The effects of Saengshik on the hepatotoxicity of mouse induced by carbon tetrachloride	Korean J. Microscopy	2007
56	Differential immune profiles following experimental Echinostoma hortense infection in BALB/c and C3H/HeN mice	Parasitol Res	2007	SCIE
57	The liver protecting effect of pomegranate (Punica granatum) seed oil in mice treated with CCl4	Korean J. Microscopy	2006
58	Survey report on understanding the safety and efficacy of alkaline reduced water	Newest Med	2006
59	Anti-diabetic effect of alkaline-reduced water on OLETF rats	Biosci Biotechnol Biochem	2006	SCIE
60	The study on the safety of alkaline reduced water for drinking in the ICR mice	Newest Med	2005
61	Reaction of mast cells and goblet cells in the small intestine of C57BL/6 and C3H/HeN mice infected with Echinostoma hortense	J Exp Biomed Sci	2005	SCIE
62	The effect of high-salted mineral water on blood pressure and sodium excretion	J Exp Biomed Sci	2005	SCIE
63	The effects of green tea and magnessium on type 1 diabetes and liver toxicity in mice	Newest Med	2005
64	Anticancer effect of alkaline reduced water	J Int Soc Life info Sci	2004
65	The glutathione S-tranferase activity of alkaline reduced water on sprague-dawley rats	Newest Med	2004
66	Effect of alkali reduced water (ARW) on the lipid metabolism of ICR mice	Newest Med	2004
67	The change of pH and oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) of alkaline reduced water	Newest Med	2004
68	Reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging effect of alkaline-reduced water	Newest Med	2004