Junghwan Park

Junghwan Park is the Director of the Division of Healthcare Data Development at the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) in the Republic of Korea.

With over 15 years of experience spanning government policy, software engineering, and public health research, he specializes in the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, healthcare data ecosystems, and digital health policy.

In his current role, Dr. Park leads national strategies for Health AI adoption and the development of large-scale medical data infrastructure.

His career at MOHW includes several high-impact initiatives such as AI Health Strategy: Developing a comprehensive framework for AI initiatives covering R&D through commercial industry, National Bio Big Data: Planning the "One Million Genomes Project" and establishing the National Medical Big Data Linkage Platform, Global Cooperation: Directing the preparatory office for APEC 2025 and managing high-level health and economy meetings, and Crisis Management: Leading rapid recovery protocols during the National Information Resources Service (NIRS) fire incident.