Scholar
Yukun Zhou
Google Scholar ID: ALDx-VUAAAAJ
Wellcome Research Fellow, UCL IoO, Hawkes Institute, Moorfields Eye Hospital
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,334
H-index
13
i10-index
17
Publications
20
Co-authors
8
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published multiple key papers in 2025 on medical foundation models, including:
- “Revealing the Impact of Pre-training Data on Medical Foundation Models” (preprint and multi-author version)
- “A foundation model for generalizable disease detection from retinal images” (2023)
- “Independent Evaluation of RETFound Foundation Model's Performance on Optic Nerve Analysis Using Fundus Photography” in Ophthalmology Science
- “How Generalizable Are Foundation Models When Applied to Different Demographic Groups and Settings?” in NEJM AI
- Contributed to studies on automated retinal microvascular biomarker assessment published in Translational Vision Science and Technology
Background
- Wellcome Early-Career Research Fellow (5-year fellowship) and Principal Investigator at University College London (UCL)
- Specializes in artificial intelligence for healthcare
- Research focuses on foundational methodological development and large-scale translational applications
- Current research topics include multi-modal medical data analysis, multi-modal foundation models, and agentic AI
- Aims to develop advanced automatic models and tools to facilitate public healthcare applications, large-scale clinical research, and novel knowledge discovery
