Education

• (2018.03. – 2024.02.)  M.D., B.S., Department of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Publications

Publications as First author

• Kyu Sik Kim*, Joon Seok Park*, Eunsang Hwang*, Min Jung Park, Hwa Yun Shin, Young Hee Lee, Kyung Min Kim, Laurent Gautron, Elizabeth Godschall, Bryan Portillo, Kyle Grose, Sang-Ho Jung, So Lin Baek, Young Hyun Yun, Doyeon Lee, Eunseong Kim, Jason Ajwani, Seong Ho Yoo, Ali D. Güler, Kevin W. Williams, Hyung Jin Choi.  "GLP-1 increases preingestive satiation via hypothalamic circuits in mice and humans." Science 385.6707 (2024): 438-446. (IF=44.7) (Link)

• Joon Seok Park*, Jieun Kwon, Hyung Jin Choi, Changhyun Lee. "Clinical effectiveness of liraglutide on weight loss in South Koreans: First real-world retrospective data on Saxenda in Asia." Medicine 100.2 (2021): e23780. (IF=1.3)  (Link)  

Publications as Co-author

• Young Hee Lee*, Yu-Been ­Kim*, Kyu Sik Kim*, Mirae Jang*, Ha Young Song, Sang-Ho Jung, Dong-Soo Ha, Joon Seok Park, Jaegeon Lee, Kyung Min Kim, Deok-Hyeon Cheon, Inhyeok Baek, Min-Gi Shin, Eun Jeong Lee, Sang Jeong Kim, Hyung Jin Choi. "Lateral hypothalamic leptin receptor neurons drive hunger-gated food-seeking and consummatory behaviours in male mice." Nature Communications 14.1 (2023): 1486. (IF=14.7) (Link)

• Kyu Sik Kim*, Young Hee Lee*, Jong Won Yun*, Yu-Been Kim*, Ha Young Song, Joon Seok Park, Sang-Ho Jung, Jong-Woo Sohn, Ki Woo Kim,  HyungGoo R. Kim, Hyung Jin Choi. “A Normative Framework Dissociates Need and Motivation in Hypothalamic Neurons.” Science Advances 10,eado1820 (2024),  (IF=11.7) (Link)

Review article Publications

• Young Hee Lee, Meelim Kim, Miwoo Lee, Dongju Shin, Dong-Soo Ha, Joon Seok Park, You Bin Kim, Hyung Jin Choi. "Food craving, seeking, and consumption behaviors: conceptual phases and assessment methods used in animal and human studies." Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome 28.3 (2019): 148. (Link)

Research Experiences

• (2018.6~) Researcher, Functional Neuroanatomy of Metabolism Regulation Lab, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

• (2024.11 ~) Intern Researcher, Bio-Medical Informatics Lab, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Awards

• (2019) ICOMES Oral Presentation Award for an outstanding achievement in obesity research

• (2020) Medical Research Mentorship Program Award (Seoul National University College of Medicine)

• (2022) Scholarship for Undergraduate Physician Scientist Research Support Program (Seoul National University College of Medicine), 1 year

• (2023) Research Portfolio Award Gold Prize (Seoul National University College of Medicine)

• (2024) Hamchoon Graduation Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research (Seoul National University College of Medicine)

• (2024) SNU Bio-day Poster Award (Seoul National University Bio-MAX Institute)

• (2024) Outstanding Paper Award (Seoul National University Department of Anatomy)

• (2024) KSBNS-APSN 2024 Minisymposium 6 – Young Neuroscientists Excellence Presentation 

• (2024) AOCO Rising Star Award (Asian Oceania Association for the Study of Obesity & Society for Korean Obesity and Metabolism Studies)