Professor
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wsshim@gachon.ac.kr
CURRENT APPOINTMENT
2023 Mar – Present Professor, College of Pharmacy, Gachon University
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
2017 Apr – 2023 Feb Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, Gachon University
2020 Feb – 2022 Jan Chairperson (Department of Pharmacy)
2011 Mar – 2017 Mar Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy, Gachon University
EDUCATION
2003 Mar – 2007 Feb Ph.D.
Department of Pathophysiology, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University
Dissertation: “Studies on the mediation of histamine-induced itch by TRPV1”
1999 Mar – 2003 Feb Master of Science
Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University
Thesis: “Cloning of a novel ion channel candidate by in silico gene mining”
1995 Mar – 1999 Feb Bachelor of Science
College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Neuromolecular mechanisms of itch in various pruritic disorders
- Itch signaling pathways in the peripheral nervous system
- Interaction between ion channels and G-protein-coupled receptors in itch transmission