Professor Cho, Eun-Kyung from Graduate School of Medicine, Chungnam National University won the Kunil academic award on April 17th. Kunil academic award is given to those who raise Korean women social status and make some contribution to the medical development. Professor Cho conducted research on tuberculosis from cathelicidin induced from Vitamin D, which will make a greater contribution on immunology. The result of the research showed a more important rationale for treatment of chronic disease related to the deficiency of Vitamin D as well as tuberculosis. That is why she won the prize. She has actively been researching domestic immunology with support of the Medical Research Center carried by Korea Research Foundation and the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology since 2007.