Dr. Dong Chun Shin 

Dr. Dong-Chun Shin, professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Director of the Institute for Environmental Research at Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea, received the 2017 Environmental Health Hero Award during the CleanMed conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota- United States. Member of the Environmental Health Committee in the Ministry of Environment in Korea. He is also a Council Member of the World Medical Association and Chair of the Association's Environmental Caucus. Dr. Shin's research in exposure and risk assessment relating to Persistent Organic Pollutants including dioxins, has resulted in more than 160 peer-reviewed, scholarly articles.