Tag: Ruogu Fang

By: Grace Huff Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing healthcare, and at the heart of this transformation are foundation models (FMs), large-scale deep learning systems trained on massive datasets and a more general form of chatGPT beyond text. In their recent paper, A Comprehensive Survey of Foundation Models in Medicine accepted by IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering (RBME), […]

Skylar Stolte, a Ph.D. candidate in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been named a recipient of the UF Association for Academic Women’s (AAW) Emerging Scholar Award. Stolte conducts her research in the Smart Medical Informatics Learning and Evaluation (SMILE) Lab under the mentorship of Dr. Ruogu Fang. The AAW Emerging […]

Ruogu Fang, Ph.D., associate professor, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Endowed Faculty Fellow, and associate director of the Intelligent Clinical Care Center at the University of Florida’s J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded the 2024-2025 Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Doctoral Mentoring Award. This prestigious honor recognizes her exceptional commitment to mentorship, professional […]

Dr. Ruogu Fang, associate professor and J. Crayton Pruitt Family Term Fellow, and Ph.D. student Skylar Stolte have been awarded the UF Pioneering Research HiPerGator Award for their innovative use of AI in high-fidelity whole-head segmentation of MRIs, aiming to prevent dementia. Fang and Stolte are advancing the field of preventive dementia care using artificial […]

Dr. Ruogu Fang has been awarded the inaugural AI Course Award for her exceptional work in developing and teaching the Medical Artificial Intelligence (MAI) course at the University of Florida. The AI Course Award, presented by the Center for Teaching Excellence, AI2 Center, and the Center for Instructional Technology & Training, recognizes Fang’s outstanding contributions […]

Dr. Ruogu Fang was invited to present at The National Academies’ Workshop on Bidirectionality between AI and Neuroscience. The invitation comes from The National Academies Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders, organizing a hybrid workshop titled “Exploring the Bidirectional Relationship between Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience.” The workshop occurred on March 25-26, 2024, in Washington, […]

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) proudly announces its 2024 class of Senior Members, honoring 124 distinguished academic inventors from NAI’s Member Institutions. Among them is Ruogu Fang, Ph.D., recognized for being a rising leader in her field with success in patents, licensing, and commercialization, and for producing “technologies that have brought, or aspire to […]

UF News Machine learning algorithms designed to diagnose a common infection that affects women showed a diagnostic bias among ethnic groups, University of Florida researchers found. While artificial intelligence tools offer great potential for improving health care delivery, practitioners and scientists warn of their risk for perpetuating racial inequities. Published Friday in the Nature journal Digital Medicine, […]

Drs. Ruogu Fang and Parisa Rashidi have achieved the distinguished recognition of Rising Stars (Engineering) from the Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL). They received this recognition for pioneering contributions in medical artificial intelligence for brain health and for their tireless education of diverse, transdisciplinary researchers. The ASEMFL is an esteemed gathering of […]

Dr. Ruogu Fang has achieved the distinguished recognition of Rising Stars (Engineering) from the Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL). She received this recognition for pioneering contributions in medical artificial intelligence for brain health, and for tireless education of diverse transdisciplinary researchers. The ASEMFL is an esteemed gathering of Florida’s preeminent scholars, […]