I am seeking tenure-track assistant professor positions in medical AI and related fields.
How can AI help generate the evidence that we need?
Clinical trial matching · Evidence synthesis · Case report curation
How can AI help people fully utilize the existing evidence?
Retrieve · Summarize · Verify
How do we rigorously evaluate medical AI systems?
Verifiable outcome · Trustworthy process · Safety
Building an open infrastructure that connects evolving medical evidence, real-world information needs, and trustworthy AI agents.
- 1 paper published in Nature Communications.
- Became an AMIA Certified Health Informatics Professional (ACHIP).
- Named a Top Area Chair for the NeurIPS Position Paper Track.
- Named a Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientist (single-year impact).
- 1 paper accepted by npj Health Systems.
- 2 papers accepted at NeurIPS.
- 1 paper accepted by Nature Reviews Computing.
- 1 paper published in Nature Protocols.
- 1 paper published in Nature Machine Intelligence.
- 1 paper published in npj Digital Medicine.
- Awarded the NIH K99/R00 and promoted to a federal employee.
- 1 paper published in Nature Methods.
- 5 papers published in Nature Communications 1 2 3 4 5.
- 3 papers published in npj Digital Medicine 1 2 3.
- 1 paper published at ACL Findings.
- 1 paper published in Nature Communications.
- 2 papers published in npj Digital Medicine 1 2.
- 1 paper published at NeurIPS.
- 1 paper published at ACL Findings.
- 1 paper published at SIGIR.
- Started postdoctoral training at NIH/NLM/NCBI.
What inspired you to pursue medical AI as an MD?
Wei Zexi was diagnosed with a rare cancer. After conventional treatments failed, his family found an online advertisement promoting an untested treatment. They spent about $30,000 on it, but it did not help. Wei died at 21, when I was 20 and still in medical school.
His case deeply affected me and made me realize that access to reliable biomedical information is as important as access to medical care. I chose medical AI to help people find and use trustworthy medical evidence. Read my story.
What is your NIH K99/R00 project about?
My project focuses on improving the verifiability of online medical information. We will identify statements with low verifiability, including those that lack citations or cite sources that do not support their claims. We are developing AI methods to assess these statements, a database linking claims to supporting evidence, and tools to improve verifiability by checking existing citations and suggesting appropriate evidence. The goal is to help patients, clinicians, and the public trace medical claims back to reliable sources.
My K99 was funded through an NIH intramural mechanism rather than as a standard extramural award, which is why my K99 award is not listed in NIH RePORTER. The R00 phase can still be activated at an eligible extramural institution when I move to an independent faculty position, subject to NIH approval.
Are you recruiting students or postdocs?
I expect to launch my independent lab around fall 2027. I am not recruiting yet, but prospective students and postdocs are welcome to email me about future opportunities.
Are you open to collaborations?
We welcome collaboration inquiries from academia and industry. Under current institutional policy, we cannot collaborate with institutions based in Countries of Particular Concern designated by the U.S. Department of State. Please email me to discuss potential collaborations.
Can you provide recommendation letters for green card applications?
As a federal employee, I am unable to provide recommendation letters for green card applications under my agency’s current guidance. Thank you for understanding, and I wish you all the best in pursuing your American dream.