IOHSK Leaders and Grant Recipient Honored with Prestigious Nasara Academic Award in Korea

The International Organization for Health, Sports, and Kinesiology (IOHSK) is proud to announce that Sung‑Je Park, IOHSK Asia Vice President and Co-Chair of the 9th IOHSK International Conference (2026), and Professor at Chung‑Ang University, together with doctoral candidate Junhee Lee, have received the prestigious Nasara Academic Award.

Mr. Lee is a doctoral student in the Department of Sport Science with a specialization in Sport Information Technology and was also a recipient of the IOHSK Research Grant in November 2025. The award was presented by the “Korean Society of Sport For All” in recognition of their outstanding journal article published in the Korean Society of Sport and Leisure Studies.

The Nasara Academic Award, sponsored by Nasara Taping Co., Ltd., has been awarded annually since 2019. Each year, one outstanding research article is selected from each of two categories—Humanities and Social Sciences and Exercise Science—among papers published in the society’s official journal. Award recipients are chosen through a rigorous editorial review process that integrates quantitative indicators (such as DBpia usage statistics and KCI citation counts) with qualitative evaluations of creativity, relevance, methodological rigor, and scholarly contribution.

This year’s award is particularly meaningful as it recognizes a high-impact contribution in the field of exercise science, highlighting an innovative approach to sports safety and injury prevention using data-driven and machine-learning methodologies.

The award-winning study, titled “Implementation of an Exercise Injury Risk Prediction Model Using Teachable Machine,” presents a machine-learning–based model designed to predict and prevent potential sports injuries. The study trained machine-learning algorithms to recognize high-risk movement patterns during training sessions, enabling proactive injury prediction and prevention.

Using a convolutional neural network (CNN)–based algorithm, the research successfully identified potentially dangerous situations during exercise and demonstrated the feasibility and future direction of practical, field-applicable injury-prevention models. Notably, the article ranks within the top 5% of most-used papers over the past two years in its subject category on DBpia, underscoring strong academic and practical demand for injury-prediction research in sports settings.

Reflecting on the achievement, Mr. Lee stated:

“This research topic was carefully developed through extensive discussions with my advisor during my master’s program. Receiving this award makes the experience even more meaningful. I am deeply grateful to my advisor for guiding me in selecting a meaningful topic and completing it as a rigorous research project.”

Professor Park added:

“As machine-learning–based approaches are increasingly integrated into the field of sports injury prevention, we are now seeing real potential to detect and prevent injury risks in advance. Continued follow-up studies are essential, and our research group is committed to expanding and advancing this line of research.”

IOHSK Proudly Congratulates Dr. Sung-Je Park and Junhee Lee on National Academic Recognition!