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In this Faculty Spotlight video, Zhi Huang, PhD, discusses his research using artificial intelligence and medical imaging to develop new approaches for healthcare. He shares how his work is helping advance biomedical research and support pathologists in understanding and diagnosing disease.
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Congratulations to LauraEllen Ashcraft on being named Director of Implementation Methodology at the Penn Implementation Science Center at the University of Pennsylvania (PISCE).
In this Faculty Spotlight video, Anne Marie McCarthy, PhD, discusses her research on personalized breast cancer screening, risk prediction, and health disparities. She shares how her work uses individual risk factors, artificial intelligence, and clinical trials to improve early detection and develop screening strategies tailored to individual risk.
A new JAMA study involving Sean Hennessy examines occupational heat-related deaths among U.S. workers, identifying high-risk industries and opportunities to improve workplace heat-safety policies.
Michael Z. Levy has received a $3.5 million NIH Director’s Pioneer Award to study how innovative housing designs may influence disease risk and help create healthier living environments.
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Jeffrey Morris, PhD, was featured in a New York Times article discussing the FDA’s decision to block publication of large COVID-19 vaccine safety studies and the importance of transparent scientific research.
AWS recently highlighted work led by Joost Wagenaar on scalable cloud-native infrastructure for biomedical research, featuring the Pennsieve platform as a model for secure scientific data management and collaboration at scale.
In a new STAT First Opinion, Charles E. Leonard argues that access to air conditioning should be treated as essential preventive care as extreme heat increasingly threatens people living with chronic diseases.
A new JAMA study involving Sean Hennessy examines occupational heat-related deaths among U.S. workers, identifying high-risk industries and opportunities to improve workplace heat-safety policies.
Michael Z. Levy has received a $3.5 million NIH Director’s Pioneer Award to study how innovative housing designs may influence disease risk and help create healthier living environments.
DBEI’s Bonnie Ky and Jinbo Chen have received an NHLBI R01 grant to develop better tools for predicting and reducing cardiovascular risk in men with prostate cancer.
Brian Lee, PhD, is a new member of the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics whose work focuses on population brain health, including the developmental origins of autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions. In this Q&A, Brian shares what inspired his work, the real-world challenges it addresses, and what drew him to DBEI.
David Mandell, ScD, is a researcher in the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics whose work focuses on improving health care for people with or at risk of psychiatric or developmental disabilities, with a particular focus on autism. In this Q&A, David shares what inspired his work, the real-world challenges it addresses, and what he values most about DBEI’s collaborative environment.
Sriharsha Mopidevi, MS, is a software engineer and researcher in the AI-4-AI Lab within the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics whose work focuses on developing privacy-preserving AI systems for clinical research. In this Q&A, Sriharsha shares what inspired his work, the real-world challenges it addresses, and what he values most about DBEI’s collaborative environment.