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So-Ra Park, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, College of Medicine, Inha University

So-Ra Park, M.D., Ph.D.

So-Ra Park, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, College of Medicine, Inha University President & Founder, Regenerative Medicine Acceleration Foundation

Public Sector Experience
  • President, Regenerative Medicine Acceleration Foundation, 2023 – Present
  • Director, Advanced Regenerative Medicine Clinical Research Fund, 2021 – Present
  • Non-executive Director, Board of Korean Fund for Regenerative Medicine, 2021 – Present
  • Member, Advanced Regenerative Medicine and Advanced Biological Products Policy Review Committee, 2019 – Present
  • Non-executive Director, Board of KBIOHealth, 2018 – 2024
  • Founder & Chair, Regenerative Medicine Acceleration Foundation, 2021 – 2023
  • Director, Board of Korea Drug Development Fund, 2019 – 2023
  • Senior Advisor, Council for Advanced Regenerative Medicine, 2021 – 2022
  • Member & Subcommittee Chair, Regulatory Reform Committee, Office for Government Policy Coordination, Prime Minister’s Secretariat, 2018 – 2022
  • Executive Director, Strategic Center for Regenerative Medicine, 2011 – 2021
    (formerly known as the Global Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Acceleration Center)
  • Member, Health Technology & Policy Deliberative Committee, Ministry of Health and Welfare, 2017 – 2019
  • Director, New Technology Development Group, R&D Promotion Headquarter, Korea Health Industry Development Institute, 2008 – 2010
  • Member, Advisory Committee for Future Strategies for Science and Technology R&D projects, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, 2008 – 2009
Academic Appointments
  • President, Korean Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society, 2019
  • Dean, College of Medicine, Inha University, 2017 – 2021
  • Visiting Fellow, Bone Research Lab, Medical Research Council, Oxford University, 1996 – 1998
  • Professor, College of Medicine, Inha University, 1991 – Present
Education and Degree
  • Ph.D., Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Yonsei University, Korea, 1993
  • M.D., College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Korea, 1985
Major Research and Projects
  • Advanced regenerative medicine supporting institution operation project, Advanced medical technology business, funded by the Korea Health Industry Development Institute, 2021 – 2022
  • Strategy establishment research to respond to the expansion of policy demand according to the Advanced Regenerative Bio Act and establish a foundation for conducting clinical research projects, Advanced medical technology development project, funded by the Korea Health Industry Development Institute, 2020 – 2021
  • Strategic research support to promote advanced regenerative medicine, Policy Research Project, funded by the Korea Health Industry Development Institute, 2018 – 2019
  • Development of a safety management system for clinical research on advanced regenerative medicine and incurable diseases, Academic research service, funded by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, 2019 – 2020
  • Global Stem Cell/Regenerative Medicine Research and Development Promotion Center, Health and medical technology development project, funded by the Korea Health Industry Development Institute, 2011 – 2018
  • Research on establishing future strategies for healthcare R&D, Health and medical technology development project, funded by the Korea Health Industry Development Institute, 2017
Honors & Awards
  • Service Merit Medal for the Contribution to Healthcare Medical R&D Strategy Development, awarded by the President of the Republic of Korea, 2018
  • Prime Minister's Citation Ribbon as the Meritorious person of Health Industry Technologies, awarded by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, 2011