Study titled ‘Effectiveness of rapid multiplex polymerase chain reaction for early diagnosis and treatment of pertussis’
Published in acclaimed international journal in infectious science
Research outcomes of the ‘Yeongui Student Academic Conference’ funded for fostering medical scientists
[June 30, 2020]
<Left to right: YU College of Medicine Professor Lee Jae-min and students Oh Sae-chang and Park Soo-min>
A research thesis with YU College of Medicine (Dean Yoon Sung-soo) undergraduates as the first author was carried by an acclaimed international journal. The authors of the study are College of Medicine seniors Park Soo-min and Oh Sae-chang (Advisor: Professor of Pediatrics Sciences). The study that they published are the results of Effectiveness of rapid multiplex polymerase chain reaction for early diagnosis and treatment of pertussis.
Pertussis is a respiratory infection with very high infectivity and while all citizens receive vaccination, it is a disease with a high occurrence rate both in Korea and the entire world. The authors revealed that the fast diagnosis and treatment through multiplex PCR tests conducted within 1 hour for 17 different respiratory infection sources are effective for preventing the spread of the highly contagious pertussis.
This study was published in the international academic journal ‘Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection'. This journal is an internationally acclaimed journal in infection sciences and it is significant in that a study led by undergraduate students was carried. In particular, this study participated in the Yeongui Student Academic Conference held by the YU College of Medicine and it was also presented in the 2019 Fall Korean Pediatric Society conference and the 2019 ICIC & ISAAR 2019 (4th International Interscience Conference on Infection and Chemotherapy) & ISAAR (12th International Symposium on Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance) international conference.
College of Medicine Pediatric Science Professor Lee Jae-min who advised the students said, “This was even more significant in the fact that it is the fruits reaped through the Yeongui Student Academic Conference, which is the YU College of Medicine’s student research support program that has internally procured budget and was carried out for over 10 years with the goal of fostering capable medical scientists.”
해당 논문은 국제 학술지인 'Journal of microbiology, immunology and infection'에 게재됐다. 해당 저널은 감염학 분야의 국제적 권위지로 학부생들이 주도적으로 연구한 논문이 게재됐다는 점에서 의미가 크다. 특히, 이번 연구는 영남대 의대에서 실시하는 영의학생학술대회에 참여한 연구로, 2019년 추계대한소아청소년과학회와 2019년 ICIC & ISAAR 2019 (4th International Interscience Conference on Infection and Chemotherapy) & ISAAR (12th International Symposium on Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance) 국제학회에서 발표하기도 했다.
학생들의 지도를 맡은 의과대학 소아청소년과학교실 이재민 교수는 “이번 연구 결과는 역량 있는 의과학자를 양성하는 것을 목표로 10여 년째 자체 예산을 확보해 매년 시행하고 있는 영남대 의대의 학생연구지원제도인 영의학생학술대회를 통해 맺어진 결실이라는 점에서 의미가 더욱 크다”라는 소감을 밝혔다.
