Daeat Korean Medicine Hospital is registered as an Institutional Review Board (IRB) institution designated by the Ministry of Health and Welfare upon its promotion to a Korean medicine hospital.

The Institutional Review Board performs the function of reviewing the ethical and scientific validity of research plans within the institution to ensure bioethics and safety in human-subject research, and investigating and supervising the research process and results, including whether appropriate consent has been obtained from research subjects.. 

Director Jeon Seonghyeon (Head of Daeat Korean Medicine Center) has been appointed as the inaugural chairperson..

Purpose of Establishing the Institutional Review Board at Daeat Korean Medicine Hospital

The overweight population in Korea is increasing rapidly, with research results indicating that 2 out of 5 Korean adults are overweight. To provide the best treatment to patients, we must constantly seek new treatment methods through continuous research. Since being overweight is not just a pathological issue but also involves overlapping factors such as dietary habits and psychological elements, it is a field that requires research from a multifaceted perspective. Daeat Korean Medicine Hospital, which opened as a medical institution specializing in diet, has established a collaborative system between Korean and Western medicine. We are striving for the best obesity treatment based on diverse and broad treatment cases, and are conducting various studies to further solidify the foundation of evidence-based medicine. The reason for establishing the Institutional Review Board at Daeat Korean Medicine Hospital is part of our effort to integrate treatment and research more closely to create better evidence and treatment means.

Role of the Institutional Review Board at Daeat Korean Medicine Hospital

The Institutional Review Board at Daeat Korean Medicine Hospital is the cornerstone for deepening and developing the medical, academic, and research aspects of Korea's first collaborative hospital system, which combines Korean and Western medicine to pursue the healthy diet that Daeat Korean Medicine Hospital advocates. We plan to further develop the achievements of Korean-Western collaborative diet through active clinical and research activities, and by developing various papers and patented technologies.. 

What kind of research does Daeat Korean Medicine Hospital conduct?

Daeat Korean Medicine Hospital brings together Korean medicine doctors, medical doctors, nutritionists, herbal medicine pharmacists, and other diet-related experts to research the human body from the perspectives of Korean medicine, Western medicine, and nutrition, actively conducting research and development activities so that patients can diet more easily and healthily. Detailed activities include the development of various herbal medicine prescriptions based on causes, the development of meal plans that maintain nutritional balance during the diet period, the development of apps for easy management during the diet period, and the development of patented diet technologies in cooperation with university research institutions.

Moving forward, the Institutional Review Board at Daeat Korean Medicine Hospital plans to be designated as a 'Medical Device Clinical Trial Institution' and an 'Institution for Clinical Trials of Pharmaceuticals, etc.' to develop into a clinical trial institution for various Korean-Western medical devices and pharmaceuticals related to diet. We aim to establish ourselves as a hospital that researches, develops, and treats every aspect of diet from A to Z, while striving to ensure that K-Diet serves as a catalyst for improving the quality of life for numerous obese individuals not only in Korea but around the world.