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Kyle Jon Lafata

Thaddeus V. Samulski Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
Radiation Oncology
Radiation Physics, Box 3295 DUMC, Durham, NC 27710
Radiation Physics, Box 3295 DUMC, Durham, NC 27710

Research Interests


Biomedical imaging, image processing, computer vision, computational pathology, applied analysis of stochastic differential equations, high dimensional data analysis, feature engineering, adaptive imaging, multi-scale data fusion, Uncertainty Quantification

Selected Grants


Development of a Virtual Preclinical CT Platform for Advanced Imaging and Theranostics in Head and Neck Cancer Research

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2029

Computational tumor phenotyping to interrogate treatment resistance and immune dysregulation in head and neck cancer

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2024 - 2029

Disparate Survival, Disparate Workforce: An Integrated Approach to Improving Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes and Diversity in the Oncology Workforce

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research · 2024 - 2029

Targeting the B Cell Response to Treat Antibody-Mediated Rejection

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2021 - 2028

Dynamic imaging and tissue biomarker models to delineate indolent from aggressive breast calcifications

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2022 - 2027

Computer-Aided Triage of Body CT Scans with Deep Learning

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2025 - 2027

Computational Pathology of Proteinuric Diseases (R01)

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2018 - 2026

Multi-scale characterization of radiation resistance in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2021 - 2025

External Relationships


  • NC State University College of Vet Med

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