Research Area: Modeling & Biomedical Data Science

Christina Boucher, Ph.D.

Dr. Boucher is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the University of Florida. She has over 85 publications in bioinformatics, with over two dozen of them in succinct data structures and/or alignment.… Read More

Diego L. Guarin, Ph.D

Diego L. Guarín has been an Assistant Professor in the Applied Physiology and Kinesiology Department at the University of Florida since August 2022. Before joining UF, Dr. Guarín was an assistant professor at the Florida Institute of Technology (2020-2022). Dr.… Read More

Marcelo Febo, Ph.D.

Current Research Our laboratory studies functional connectivity in rodent models of neurological and psychiatric brain disorders.  We utilize high field MRI to measure resting state and stimulus-evoked BOLD signal responses in rodent brains. We apply this approach to: (1) investigate… Read More

Sai Zhang, Ph.D.

Hi! I am a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Florida (UF) College of Public Health & Health Professions (PHHP) and College of Medicine. I am also an Affiliate Faculty in the J. Crayton… Read More

Kerry Costello, Ph.D.

Dr. Costello’s research focuses on understanding the role of movement biomechanics and physical activity in musculoskeletal health, with an emphasis on knee osteoarthritis. This work utilizes motion capture, wearable sensors and machine learning to examine how time-varying, multidimensional joint loads… Read More

Jessica Allen, Ph.D.

Dr. Allen’s research focuses on identifying biomechanical targets that can guide interventional decisions in rehabilitation and device design for individuals with ambulatory impairments. This work leverages musculoskeletal modeling and machine learning techniques to identify deficits in lower-extremity biomechanics and to… Read More

Kuang Gong, Ph.D.

Research Summary: Dr. Gong’s research interests are centered around the convergence of deep learning, medical imaging, and data science to enhance the diagnosis and treatment monitoring of various diseases, particularly Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and cancer. His work involves developing novel… Read More

Benjamin Shickel, Ph.D.

Shickel’s research focuses on applications of artificial intelligence and deep learning for enhanced clinical decision support using electronic health records data. He is interested in unifying patient data of multiple modalities for more comprehensive and personalized health representations, and in… Read More

Pinaki Sarder, Ph.D.

Pinaki Sarder is currently an associate professor of AI in the Section of Quantitative Health of the Department of Medicine, as well as the Associate Director for Imaging in the Intelligent Critical Care Center at the University of Florida (UF).… Read More

Abbas Babajani-Feremi, PhD

Dr. Abbas Babajani-Feremi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology, Division of Epilepsy at UF and the Director of the Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Laboratory. Abbas joined as a postdoctoral fellow in the department of Neurology at the Henry Ford… Read More