Ewha Brain Institute Signs Master Agreement with Boston University for Global Brain Science Collaboration
- May 12
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On April 27, Ewha Brain Institute, led by Director In Kyoon Lyoo, signed a Master Agreement with Boston University to establish a comprehensive framework for global collaboration in brain science research.
Unlike a project-specific partnership, this agreement establishes a broad and systematic foundation for all future joint research and academic initiatives between the two institutions. Signed as part of the Ewha Global Excellence Program, the agreement will remain effective for five years and may be renewed every five years upon mutual agreement.
The agreement outlines five key areas of collaboration: joint research projects, exchange of researchers and students, co-hosting of academic events, international collaborative grant applications, and joint academic publications. Through this framework, the two institutions aim to promote interdisciplinary research by integrating advanced neuroimaging and neurorehabilitation technologies, while actively pursuing large-scale international research funding opportunities in both Korea and the United States.
The signing ceremony was attended by Swathi Kiran, Director of the Center for Brain Recovery, and Soo-Eun Chang, further underscoring the global significance of the collaboration. Faculty members from Ewha representing diverse fields—including brain and cognitive sciences, brain engineering, and speech-language pathology—also participated in discussions on future collaborative research initiatives.
Professor Kiran, a leading scholar in neurorehabilitation and neuroplasticity, has directed the Center for Brain Recovery since its establishment in 2022. Through this agreement, she plans to collaborate closely with the Ewha Brain Institute on projects such as AI-based predictive models for cognitive recovery after brain injury. Professor Chang, an expert in developmental brain mechanisms, will collaborate on research related to developmental–emotional brain interaction models and their clinical applications in children and adolescents.
Professor Kiran remarked, “It is deeply meaningful to begin full-scale collaborative research with an institution like the Ewha Brain Institute, which possesses world-class precision neuroimaging technologies, extensive clinical datasets, and strong research expertise in mental health and brain aging.” She added that combining Ewha’s multimodal neuroimaging methods and large-scale Korean normative brain database with Boston University’s expertise in neurorehabilitation and language-cognitive recovery could generate significant synergy and contribute to innovative treatment paradigms for patients with emotional, cognitive, and language disorders.
Director Lyoo stated, “This agreement represents more than a one-time collaboration; it will serve as an important foundation for elevating Ewha’s neuroimaging technologies and research capabilities to a global level.” He further emphasized that the partnership with Boston University would help advance new scientific evidence and next-generation therapeutic strategies for emotional and cognitive disorders.
Boston University is recognized as one of the leading global research universities in the United States, with internationally renowned expertise and clinical infrastructure in biomedical sciences and brain research. Building on this agreement, the Ewha Brain Institute plans to expand its international research network through strategic collaboration with the Center for Brain Recovery, fostering a comprehensive global convergence research ecosystem spanning basic science, clinical application, and translational research.
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