The 6th Japan-Korea Joint Seminar on Epidemiology

Hosted by Korean Society of Epidemiology

Date: November 30, 2007

Venue: Yonsei University

Theme: Metabolic Syndrome and Its Epidemiological Characteristics in Asia Pacific Region

13:30-14:00  Registration

14:00-14:10  Opening Remark       Il Suh (President of Korean Society of Epidemiology)

Part one: Epidemiological Characteristics of Metabolic Syndrome

Chairperson: Yosikazu Nakamura (Japan), Byung Yeol Chun (Korea)

14:10-14:40 International Perspectives on the Diagnosis of Metabolic Syndrome

Dong Feng Gu (Asia Pacific Cohort Study Collaboration)

14:40-15:10 Epidemiological Characteristics of Metabolic Syndrome in Japan

Tomonori Okamura (National Cardiovascular Center, Japan)

15:10-15:40 Epidemiological Characteristics of Metabolic Syndrome in Korea

Sung-Il Cho (Seoul National University, Korea)

15:40-16:00 Coffee Break

Part two: Clinical Aspects of Metabolic Syndrome

Chairperson: Kazunori Kodama (Japan), Won-Chul Lee (Korea)

16:00-16:30 Clinical Aspects of Metabolic Syndrome in Japan

Akira Okayama (Japanese Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Japan)

16:30-17:00 Clinical Aspects of Metabolic Syndrome in Korea

Dae Jung Kim (Ajou University, Korea)

17:00-17:30 Linkage of Epidemiologic Evidence with Clinical Aspects of Metabolic

Syndrome

Sun Ha Jee (Yonsei University, Korea)

17:30-18:00 Discussion

18:00 Closing Remark

Kazunori Kodama (President of Japan Epidemiological Association)