We are a growing interdisciplinary lab working across biomedical NLP, medical LLMs, multimodal AI, medical imaging, and trustworthy AI in medicine. Our team brings together expertise from informatics, computer science, and clinical medicine. We are fortunate to work with talented trainees and collaborators at different stages, and we are proud to support their growth.
Postdoctoral Fellows and Clinical Fellows
Hyunjae Kim, PhD, Yale University, Postdoctoral Fellow
Roy Jiang, MD, PhD, Yale University, Medical Resident
Shuai Wang, PhD, Yale University, Postdoctoral Fellow; co-mentored with Dr. Yize Zhao
Rong Zhou, PhD, Yale University, Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD Students
Allen Wang, Yale University, PhD Student
Zhiyuan Cao, Yale University, PhD Student; co-mentored with Dr. Hua Xu
Younjoon Chung, Yale University, PhD Student; primary mentor, with Dr. Lucila Ohno-Machado
Yuanting Pan, Yale University, Rotation PhD Student
Postgraduate research assistants
Yihang Fu, Yale University
Research interns
Ethan Wei, PA Leadership Charter School, High school intern,
Gabriel Madera, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Medical Student
Research assistants
Tianle Cao
Yuan Chang
Ruthvik Edara
Chen Liu
Anvi Sud
Winnie Zhao
We are grateful to past lab members and trainees for their contributions, and we are proud of the paths they have gone on to pursue
Anran Li, Postdoctoral Fellow → Pre-Tenure Professor, University of Science and Technology of China
Zhen Chen, Postdoctoral Fellow → Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Xuguang Ai, Data Scientist and Software Engineer → Engineer, Indiana University
Yu Yin, Imperial College London, Master’s Student; Research Capstone mentee → PhD Student in Computer Science, The University of Queensland
Zhenyue Qin, Postdoctoral Fellow → Scientist, NEC Laboratories America
Maxwell Singer, Medical Resident
Yiming Kong, Dublin Jerome High School, High School Intern
Brittany Herrera, San Juan Bautista Medical School, Medical Student Intern
Pan Xiao, Washington University in St. Louis, PhD Student, Summer Intern → Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis
Matthew Steven Farmer, University of Missouri, AIM-AHEAD mentee
Past Research Assistants and Medical Students
Mengmeng Du, Yawen Wei, Tri Le, Yuan Gao, Emily Fu, Wei Pang, Yingxue Pan, Zihan Chen, Polina Ovchinnikova, Mahima Kaur, Bolatito Adepoju, and Eric Cummings
Previous Trainees and Mentees
The following trainees were mentored before the lab was established at Yale.
Emily Guan, The Johns Hopkins University, Summer Intern, 2023
Bryant Doung, University of Pennsylvania, Summer Intern, 2023 → PhD Student, University of Pennsylvania
John Guerrerio, Dartmouth University, Summer Intern, 2022
Sirisha Koirala, University of Maryland, Summer Intern, 2022
Lilly Xu, Land O’ Lakes High School, High School Intern, 2022 → Harvard University
Xinyue Hu, UT Austin, Summer Intern, 2022
Elaheh Aghaarabi, Towson University, Summer Intern, 2021
Alex Rankie, Rockville High School, High School Intern, 2019 → Harvard University
Daniel Li, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, 2018–2019 → University of Chicago
Our lab aims to support the growth of independent researchers through regular communication, thoughtful feedback, research rigor, and increasing independence over time. We work with trainees at different stages, including postdoctoral fellows, PhD students, medical trainees, interns, and research assistants.
Qingyu Chen has received the NIH Summer Mentor Award four times and the NLM Data Science and Informatics Mentoring Award.
Please visit the Join page for current opportunities and guidance on how to reach out.