Professor
Sookmyung Women's University, Republic of Korea
Dr. Mi-Kyung Sung is a professor of the Department of Food and Nutrition. She served as the Vice-president and the Dean of the Office of Research & Business Development Foundation at Sookmyung Women’s University in Seoul, Korea. Most recently she served as the vice-president of Korea Federation of Women’ Science &Technology Associations. She was also a member of Review Board for the Nutritional Science Division, the Korea Research Foundation to co-ordinate the grant review committees. Dr. Sung has been involved in a number of expert committees including Health Functional Foods Review Board in the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Korea and the Board of Agricultural Science and Technology in the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Current research focuses on diet-induced metabolic disturbances and its relationship with colorectal cancer and IBD development. Dr. Sung published more than 150 papers in peer-reviewed journals since she joined as a faculty member at Sookmyung Women’s University in 1995. She also contributed more than 10 book chapters as an author.