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Ricardo Henao

Associate Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Division of Translational Biomedical
Duke Box 90984, Durham, NC 27710
140 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27710

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics · 2024 - Present Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Division of Translational Biomedical, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · 2024 - Present Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering
Associate Professor in Surgery · 2025 - Present Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Surgery
Member of Duke Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine · 2014 - Present The Precision Medicine Program, Medicine
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute · 2024 - Present Duke Clinical Research Institute, Institutes and Centers

In the News


Published September 14, 2020
Duke Researchers Look to Help Protect Astronaut's Eyes in Space
Published March 16, 2016
New Collaborative Seed Grant Program Gives Eight Awards

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Recent Publications


Development of a natural language processing algorithm to extract social determinants of health from clinician notes.

Journal Article Am J Transplant · June 2025 Disparities in access to the organ transplant waitlist are well-documented, but research into modifiable factors has been limited due to a lack of access to organized prewaitlisting data. This study aimed to develop a natural language processing (NLP) algo ... Full text Link to item Cite

Machine Learning Computer Vision Point of Care Decision Support of Echocardiographic Identification of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

Conference JACC Adv · May 2025 BACKGROUND: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) remains underdiagnosed, and artificial intelligence tools for echocardiographic recognition have been hampered by lack of insight into drivers of model predictions and ease of implementation. OBJECTIVES: The pu ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Machine Learning Guided Precision Genetic Testing for Identification of Monogenic Cardiovascular Disorders

ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2028

Synthesizing immunoinformatics and genetic epidemiology to identify signatures of natural functional immunity to malaria parasites

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2023 - 2028

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Education, Training & Certifications


Technical University of Denmark (Denmark) · 2011 Ph.D.