A Worldwide Mission

Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine has partnered with the Kyungpook National University and its hospital, located in Daegu in the Republic of Korea to form the Joint Institute of Regenerative Medicine Korea.

David Williams, PhD, our director of international affairs, works to establish collaborations with universities, medical centers and researchers from around the world. Examples include:

Ludwig Boltzmann Institute, Wien, Austria; Shanghai Tissue Engineering Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China; Kasr Al Ainy Hospital, Cairo University, Egypt; European Center for Medical Technologies and Applications, Cologne, Germany; Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Lukas Hospital, Neuss, Germany; Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Japan; Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea; and University Hospital Basel, ICFS, Basel, Switzerland.

Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine has hosted scientists and physicians from scores of countries who spend a year or more pursuing research at the Institute and then return to their home countries. See which countries are represented in our international regenerative medicine visitor program.