Kyungbok University Professor Jeong Sujeong Wins Grand Prize at Clinical Datathon 'KCD 2026'

Jeong Sujeong, professor in charge of operations for the Professional Master's Program in AI Digital Healthcare at the Graduate School of Creative Convergence and a faculty member of the Department of Nursing at Kyungbok University, took part as a member of an interdisciplinary team and won the grand prize at the Korea Clinical Datathon 2026 (KCD 2026), held at Seoul National University's Pyeongchang Campus from October 16 to 18.

A total of 60 medical professionals, researchers and developers took part in the competition, seeking ways to solve problems in clinical settings using artificial intelligence (AI) based on clinical data.

Team 3, which Professor Jeong was part of, proposed automatically generating patient summaries based on clinical records of newborns in intensive care and using a separate verification AI agent to reduce omissions and inaccuracies in key information.

Jung Sujeong, program director and professor in the Department of Nursing for the AI Digital Healthcare Professional Technology Master's Program at Kyungbok University, poses for a commemorative photo after winning the grand prize at the Korea Clinical Datathon 2026 (KCD 2026), held from the 16th to the 18th at Seoul National University's Pyeongchang Campus. Photo provided by Kyungbok University.

As a clinical expert in nursing, Professor Jeong organized evidence from nursing literature and proposed nursing-focused error classifications and review criteria covering medication status, time information and neonatal-specific items.

Kim Miji, director of the AI Digital Healthcare program, also competed as a member of another team. Through the competition, Kyungbok University faculty learned about the latest technology trends in medical AI and connected with clinical data researchers from Korea and abroad.

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