PI or MPI on multiple grants funded by NCI, NIGMS, NIDCR, and CPRIT
Among the first to develop and validate computational models using routine histopathology images to refine lung cancer prognosis (Luo et al, 2017; 2019)
Developed deep learning models to detect tumor regions, micro-blood-vessels, and predict outcomes (Wang et al, 2018; Yi et al, 2018; Huang et al, 2017)
Developed algorithms for cell detection and classification from tissue images (Wang et al, 2019; 2020)
Created spatial models to study cell spatial organization and disease implications (Li et al, 2019; 2020)
Developed statistical methodologies for Bayesian analysis, bioinformatics tools, and gene expression signatures for prognosis and chemotherapy response prediction
Background
Professor at the O'Donnell School of Public Health, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Secondary appointments in the Departments of Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering
Holds the Mary Dees McDermott Hicks Chair in Medical Science
Leads the Health Data Sciences Ph.D. program
Research focuses on machine learning, spatial statistics, and high-dimensional data analysis
Develops user-friendly software and tools for genomic and imaging data analysis
Current research includes AI methods for pathology imaging and bioinformatics tools for spatial molecular profiling