Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
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2024 - Present
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Division of Translational Biomedical,
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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2018 - Present
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Pratt School of Engineering
Associate Professor in Surgery
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2025 - Present
Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery,
Surgery
Member of Duke Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine
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2014 - Present
The Precision Medicine Program,
Medicine
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
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2024 - Present
Duke Clinical Research Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Development of a natural language processing algorithm to extract social determinants of health from clinician notes.
Journal Article Am J Transplant · March 6, 2025 Disparities in access to the organ transplant waitlist are well-documented, but research into modifiable factors has been limited due to lack of access to organized pre-waitlisting data. This study aimed to develop a natural language processing algorithm t ... Full text Link to item CiteDeep learning-driven pulmonary artery and vein segmentation reveals demography-associated vasculature anatomical differences.
Journal Article Nat Commun · March 6, 2025 Pulmonary artery-vein segmentation is critical for disease diagnosis and surgical planning. Traditional methods rely on Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography (CTPA), which requires contrast agents with potential health risks. Non-contrast CT, a safer a ... Full text Link to item CiteA Rapid Host Response Blood Test for Bacterial/Viral Infection Discrimination Using a Portable Molecular Diagnostic Platform.
Journal Article Open Forum Infect Dis · January 2025 BACKGROUND: Difficulty discriminating bacterial versus viral etiologies of infection drives unwarranted antibacterial prescriptions and, therefore, antibacterial resistance. METHODS: Utilizing a rapid portable test that measures peripheral blood host gene ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Machine Learning Guided Precision Genetic Testing for Identification of Monogenic Cardiovascular Disorders
ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2028Synthesizing immunoinformatics and genetic epidemiology to identify signatures of natural functional immunity to malaria parasites
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2028Improving Quality of Life in SLE by Stratified Personalized Health Planning
ResearchBiostatistician · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2022 - 2026View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Technical University of Denmark (Denmark) ·
2011
Ph.D.