ARPA-DEF · 2025 – 2029

AI-Based
Frailty Prevention & Care
for a Super-Aged Society

FrailMIND is a Korean national R&D platform that assesses frailty risk with a 9-modality foundation model and delivers personalized interventions across exercise, nutrition, and medication — purpose-built for the world's fastest-aging society.

Program
ARPA-DEF
Lead
SNU Bundang Hospital
Duration
4.5 years (2025–2029)
Consortium
13 institutions
About

A Problem Korea Faces First

By 2050, Korea will become the world's most aged nation. Frailty is not a single disease but a multidimensional vulnerability that standard care often misses.

FrailMIND addresses this gap through medical AI, multimodal learning, and preventive care combined. A 14B foundation model fuses nine data modalities — EMR, imaging, voice, EMG, lifelog, and more — to predict personal frailty trajectories. Lightweight 2B service models then deliver tailored interventions across hospital, community, and home settings.

Funded by ARPA-DEF (2025–2029) and led by Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, the 13-institution consortium will validate the platform across six regions. The program targets HIMSS CCMM certification, national policy alignment, and commercial deployment.

Services

Four Preventive Care Services

15 AI services spanning frailty assessment, exercise, nutrition, and medication management.

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SERVICE 01
Frailty Assessment
Extended eFI · automated CGA · multidimensional trajectory prediction
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SERVICE 02
Exercise Management
EMG-based personal strength profile · tailored programs
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SERVICE 03
Nutrition Management
VFSS oral frailty diagnostics + nutrition intervention app
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SERVICE 04
Medication Management
FOAM-R risk score · automatic DDI verification
Consortium

13 Institutions, One Mission

Hospitals, universities, and industry partners unified under SNUBH leadership, each contributing domain expertise.

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH)
Consortium Lead · Platform Architecture · PHM · Policy Alignment
SNU Graduate School of Data Science
SNU College of Pharmacy
SNU College of Nursing
CHA Bundang Medical Center
Megazone Cloud
Exosystems
OnesGlobal
CHA Healthcare
Duzon Bizon
RS REHAB
ezCaretech
SNUBH Informatics Office
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K-ARPA-H · Welfare & Care Mission PM · DEF-H Program Lead
Lee Seung-gyu, Ph.D. 이승규 PM
Project Manager · Welfare & Care Mission, K-Health MIRAE Initiative
Program Manager for FrailMIND (DEF-H). Background spans molecular biology (BS/MS), MBA, and technology policy (PhD). Prior 19 years at KISTEP leading biotech and healthcare R&D evaluation and technology foresight. Now oversees welfare and care service innovation for Korea's hyper-aged society.
📄 DEF-H Official Page 👤 PM Profile
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Academic collaboration · test-bed participation · patient data sharing · policy alignment — all inquiries welcome.

Lead Institution
SNU Bundang Hospital
Informatics Office / Geriatrics / Family Medicine
Address
82, Gumi-ro 173beon-gil, Bundang-gu,
Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Program Office
Korea Health Industry Development Institute · MoHW
Governance
AI Governance Committee · IRB · DPO
Inquiries
via SNUBH Informatics Office