I am an Assistant Professor in Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine and an Editor for Microbial Genomics. and a Titular Member of the IFCC Committee on Nomenclature, Properties and Units (C-NPU, 2026–2028).
My research integrates clinical chemistry, laboratory informatics, antimicrobial resistance genomics, and machine learning to advance diagnostic stewardship and the standardization of laboratory data.
RESEARCH FOCUSES
📊 Machine Learning in Laboratory Medicine
🦠 Genomic Epidemiology of Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens
🏷️ Laboratory Data Standardization (LOINC, NPU, SNOMED CT)
🩺 Diagnostic Stewardship & Utilization Research
📝 Selected Publications by Research Area
🤖 Machine Learning / Diagnostic Stewardship
Diagnostic stewardship monitoring systems: institutional and system-level approaches
📌 Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences, 2026 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42116750/
📖 Comprehensive review of institutional and system-level frameworks for monitoring diagnostic stewardship, drawing on Korean nationwide claims data and international experience.
🦠 Antimicrobial Resistance
Emergence of resistance to last-resort antimicrobials in bacteremia patients: A multicenter analysis of bloodstream pathogens in Korea
📌 PLOS ONE, 2024 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39441859/
📖 Multicenter analysis of bloodstream infections in Korea highlighting antimicrobial resistance trends in last-resort agents.
🏷️ Laboratory Data Standardization
Gaps and Similarities in Research Use LOINC Codes Utilized in Korean University Hospitals: Towards Semantic Interoperability for Patient Care
📌 Journal of Korean Medical Science, 2025 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39763308/
📖 Multi-institutional assessment of LOINC code utilization across Korean university hospitals, identifying barriers to semantic interoperability.
📍 Department of Laboratory Medicine Hanyang University Seoul Hospital Hanyang University College of Medicine 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
✉️ kuenyoul@hanyang.ac.kr | kuenyoul.park@gmail.com
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