Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
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2021 - Present
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Division of Biostatistics,
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
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Recent Publications
Virtual lung screening trial (VLST): An in silico study inspired by the national lung screening trial for lung cancer detection.
Journal Article Med Image Anal · July 2025 Clinical imaging trials play a crucial role in advancing medical innovation but are often costly, inefficient, and ethically constrained. Virtual Imaging Trials (VITs) present a solution by simulating clinical trial components in a controlled, risk-free en ... Full text Link to item CiteXCAT 3.0: A comprehensive library of personalized digital twins derived from CT scans.
Journal Article Med Image Anal · July 2025 Virtual Imaging Trials (VIT) offer a cost-effective and scalable approach for evaluating medical imaging technologies. Computational phantoms, which mimic real patient anatomy and physiology, play a central role in VITs. However, the current libraries of c ... Full text Link to item CiteGenetic variants of FER and SULF1 in the fibroblast-related genes are associated with non-small-cell lung cancer survival.
Journal Article Int J Cancer · June 1, 2025 Fibroblasts are important components in the tumor microenvironment and can affect tumor progression and metastasis. However, the roles of genetic variants of the fibroblast-related genes (FRGs) in the prognosis of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patient ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
The Bidirectional Gut-Microbiota-Brain Axis in Parkinson's disease: integrating mechanistic biomarkers of disease severity and progression
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Rush University · 2024 - 2029Biopsy-based single cell assays for olfactory sensory changes in an Alzheimer's Disease cohort
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2024 - 2028Automated High-purity Exosome isolation-based AD diagnostics system (AHEADx)
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2023 - 2028View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Johns Hopkins University ·
2008
Ph.D.