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Junhyeok(June) Lee

💼 Research Engineer

"With a strong background in healthcare technology, research leadership, and clinical innovation, I excel at transforming complex medical challenges into solutions that genuinely improve people's lives— always motivated by the potential to make healthcare more accessible and effective through advanced AI systems."

📍 Seattle, Washington
Research Engineer Machine Learning Biomedical Imaging Biosignal Analysis Pharmacogenomics Computational Biology
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Hi there! I'm June, Research Engineer expertise in Healthcare AI.

I am a Research Engineer focused on Healthcare AI across multiple domains: biomedical imaging, biosignal analysis, pharmacogenomics, and computational biology.

FEATURED PROJECTS

Brain Trauma Injury Foundation Model

🏆 Brain Trauma Injury Foundation Model

2025 | Ongoing

Building a Foundation Model for traumatic brain and spinal injuries that can extract and structure data from medical records and imaging. Project aims to help clinicians categorize injuries, track recovery, and recommend treatment, while also addressing inequities in care by factoring in social determinants of health.

MS June Lee, MS Benjamin Han, MS Pari, PhD Rupak Rajachar | UW Bioengineering
MD Diana Wiseman | Neurosurgery @ Harberview Medical Center
MD Jamie Ott, MD Heather Barnett | Orthopedic @ Harberview Medical Center
MD Christopher Lewis | Rehabilitation Medicine @ Harberview Medical Center
Foundation Model Multimodal Large Scale
🎯 Clinical Impact
📱 Details 💻 Source Code
TB Cough Classification

🏆 Tuberculosis Cough Classification

2025 | Ongoing

Developing an AI system to detect tuberculosis from cough sounds, making TB screening more accessible in resource-limited settings and helping healthcare workers identify cases earlier to save lives.

MS June Lee | UW Bioengineering
PhD Alex Ching, PhD Cynthia Dong, PhD Shwetak N. Patel | Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
MD David Horne | Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine@ Harborview Medical Center
Machine Learning Healthcare AI Signal Processing
🎯 Clinical Impact
📱 Details 💻 Source Code
Burn Diagnosis AI Challenge

🏆 Burn Diagnosis AI Challenge

2022

Created an intelligent skin burn classification system to help emergency medical professionals make faster, more accurate treatment decisions when every second counts.

BS June Lee, BS Woo-Jin Jeong, PhD Jeong-Hwa Kang | Bioengineering @ Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery @ Seoul National University Hospital
Ministry of Science and ICT
National Information Society Agency @ Korea
Computer Vision Medical AI Emergency Medicine
🏅 3rd Place
📱 Details 💻 Source Code
ALS Communication System

🏆 Assistive Communication System for ALS

2023

Built a multimodal communication system that helps ALS patients maintain their voice and connection with loved ones as their condition progresses.

BS June Lee, Oh-Joon Kwon, Young-Jin Jeong, Chae-Yeon Kim, Jeong-Min Lee | Bioengineering @ Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
PhD. Nam Yoonho | Project Advisor @ Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
NLP Speech-to-Text Text-to-Speech Multimodal Assistive Technology Speech Processing
❤️ Patient Impact
📱 Details 💻 Source Code

PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

- Teaching Assistant @ BIOE 437/537 : Computational Systems Biology · Ongoing
- Graduate Student Researcher @ UW Ubicomp Lab · Ongoing
- Research Engineer @ Monitor Corporation · 2 years
- Research Intern @ HUFS SystemBiology Lab · 2 years
- Student Researcher @ HUFSAIM Lab · 6 months

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

- M.S. in Bioengineering at University of Washington
- B.S. in Biomedical Engineering at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
- B.A. in Economics at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

LET'S CONNECT

Explore my projects and read my articles to see my work in action. Feel free to contact me to discuss potential collaborations or to learn more about my experience and skills. Check out my portfolio or book a call.