History
| 1963.07 | Established as the Institute for Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University College of Medicine |
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| 1981.01 | Designated as a research institute for helminthic diseases by WHO |
| 1995.01 | Incorporated into the Medical Research Center, Seoul National University |
| 1997.01 | Renamed to the Institute of Endemic Diseases |
Previous Directors
1st Director
Byeong-Seol Suh
1963. 7 ~ 1984. 2
Established as the Institute for Endemic Diseases
2nd Director
Soon-hyung Lee
1984. 3 ~ 1995. 2
Incorporated into the Medical Research Center in 1995
3rd Director
Jong-il Chae
1995. 3 ~ 2007. 2
Renamed to the Institute of Endemic Diseases in 1997
4th Director
Sung-Tae Hong
2007. 3 ~ 2015. 2
5th Director
Eung Soo Hwang
2015. 3 ~ Present