Recent Advances and Challenges in the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder

Dr. Yong-Ku Kim is a professor of Psychiatry at College of Medicine, Korea University. He received a MD degree from College of Medicine, Korea University in 1987 and a PhD in psychiatry from Korea University in 1998. Dr. Kim has been affiliated with Korea University since 1998, first as an assistant professor (1998-2000), then as associated professor (2001-2005), and professor (2006-present). For the past 30 years, his professional activities have extended beyond the area of pure clinical or research work. Dr. Kim has well over 500 publications in peer-reviewed international journals, and 20 publications of book and have made over 100 academic presentations in his area of interest. Dr. Kim is a fellow of Collogicum Internationale Neuropsychopharmacologicum, International Society for Affective Disorders, World Federation of the Society of biological Psychiatry. He currently sits on the editorial boards of some leading academic journals in the field of neurobiology. His work has been recognized by several prestigious awards, including Astrageneca Award, Research Award from Korean Society of Neuropsychiatry, and Dr. Paul Janssen Schizophrenia Research Award. Dr. Kim is the past president of Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry (2016-2018) and the chairman of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association (2023-present).

金永九博士是韓國大學醫學院的精神醫學教授。他於1987年獲得韓國大學醫學院的醫學博士學位，並於1998年獲得韓國大學的精神醫學博士學位。金博士自1998年以來一直在韓國大學任教，最初擔任助理教授（1998-2000），然後擔任副教授（2001-2005），目前為教授（2006年至今）。在過去的30年中，他的專業活動超越了純粹的臨床或研究工作。金博士在同行評審的國際期刊上發表了500多篇論文，並出版了20本書籍，並在其研究領域進行了超過100次的學術報告。金博士是國際神經心理藥理學會、國際情感障礙學會及世界生物精神醫學學會的會員。他目前擔任一些神經生物學領域領先學術期刊的編輯委員會成員。他的工作獲得了多項著名獎項的認可，包括阿斯利康獎、韓國神經精神醫學會研究獎及保羅·揚森博士精神分裂症研究獎。金博士曾擔任韓國生物精神醫學會會長（2016-2018）及韓國神經精神醫學會主席（2023年至今）。