Lab Members and Collaborators
Lab Members
Beatrice S. Knudsen, MD, PhD
Over the last 10 years, I built a program that integrates histopathology, multiplex tissue staining, digital image analysis and computational pathology for biomarker development. Advances in machine learning and high-performance computing permit the extraction of quantitative data from images of cancer tissues form patients and mouse models and to ... Read More
Specialties: Pathology, Anatomical
Dave Curtis, MD
Born and raised in Salt Lake City Utah, Dr. David Curtis earned a BS in Neuroscience at Brigham Young University. He then completed his MS in Neuroscience and Pharmacology and his MD at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. While he and his wife enjoy exploring Utah with their son, they're usually found at home cooking, hanging laundry to dry, and failing to keep their son out of the garden.
Email: David.Curtis@hsc.utah.edu
Alessandro Ferrero
Location: Scientific Imagining and Computing Institute
Supervisor: Dr. Ross Whitaker
Research Interests:
- Medical Image Analysis
- Image Processing
- Machine Learning
Bodong Zhang
Location: Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute
Supervisor: Dr. Tolga Tasdizen
Background: Bodong received his B.S. from University of Science and Technology of China in Electronic Information Engineering and his M.S. from University of Utah in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He also worked as Image Processing Software Engineer at Code Corporation in Greater Boston Area for four years.
Current Responsibilities: Ph.D. student working with Dr. Beatrice Knudsen and Dr. Tolga Tasdizen on image processing and deep learning. Help develop deep learning algorithms to analyze medical images.
Tushar Kataria
Location: Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute
Supervisor: Dr. Shireen Elhabian
Research Interests: Image processing, Machine learning, Deep Learning, Medical imaging, Medical image processing.
Collaborators at the University of Utah
Alejandro Sanchez, MD
Dr. Sanchez’s research interests:
- Clinical trials
- Translational research
Dr. Sanchez practices at Huntsman Cancer Hospital, Sugarhouse Health Center and the VA.
Ross Whitaker, PhD
Location: Scientific Imagining and Computing Institute
Research Interests:
- Image Processing
- Computer Vision
- Pattern Recognition
- Medical Imaging
- Computer Graphics and Visualization
- 3D Signal Processing and Surface Reconstruction
- Medical Image Analysis
Collaborators at other institutions
Isla Garraway, MD, PhD
Institution: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Associate Professor, Department of Urology
Director of Research, Department of Urology
Member, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Member, Broad Stem Cell Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research
Michael Freeman, PhD
Institution: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Ben Maltz Chair in Cancer Therapeutics
Vice Chair, Research, Department of Surgery
Director, Division of Cancer Biology and Therapeutics Research in the Department of Biomedical Sciences
Co-Director, Cancer Biology Program
Professor, Biomedical Sciences
Professor, Surgery
Joel Saltz, MD, PhD
Institution: Stony Brook University - SUNY
Cherith Professor and Founding Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics
Vice President for Clinical Informatics, Stony Brook Medicine
Associate Director, Stony Brook Cancer Center
Department of Biomedical Informatics