On November 12th, 2008, Dr. Jin Sook Kim (Mary Shin), herbal manufacturing research chair, was chosen as one of the top 100 scientists by IBC (International Biographic Centre, Cambridge, England).

Dr. Kim studied complications associated with diabetes. She proposed a new prescription, ‘KIOM-79,’ and its derivatives. She published more than 70 articles, registered several patents, and discovered excellent effects of herbal medication.

Dr. Kim presented her research paper about diabetic retinopathy effects of ‘KIOM-79′ at the American diabetic association conference and the European diabetic association conference this year.

On September 2008, she presented her research paper entitled, "KIOM-79 long term treatment inhibits the development of diabetic retinopathy and AGEs accumulation in retinal tissue" in Rome at the European diabetic association conference.

Earlier this year, she was chosen to be one of the top "2000 outstanding scientists in 2008-2009" and one of the "great minds of the 21st century" by ABI (American Biographical Institute).

She was named "Who’s who" in the science and engineering departments at MarQuis. She was also listed in the three most famous name list dictionaries and received the ‘Triple Crown’ honor.