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Alexander Cosman

Student Publication in IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics

We are thrilled to announce that Hongxu Jiang, a student researcher in the MIRTHAI Lab, has published his latest work, “Fast-DDPM: Fast Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models for Medical Image-to-Image Generation,” in the prestigious IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (J-BHI). IEEE J-BHI is one of the leading journals at…

MIRTHAI Lab Secures $150,000 in Seed Funding for Aortic Disease Research

The University of Florida’s MIRTHAI Lab is proud to announce that Dr. Wei Shao has been awarded $150,000 in seed funding from the UF Health Aortic Disease Center for his research proposal, “Fully Automated Aortic Segmentation and Diameter Measurement Using Artificial Intelligence.” This 24-month project, set to begin on April…

Dr. Wei Shao Achieves IEEE Senior Member Status

MIRTHAI is proud to announce that Dr. Wei Shao, Assistant Professor and researcher in the Quantitative Health and AI Initiative, has been elevated to the prestigious rank of Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). This distinction is a significant professional milestone, recognizing Dr. Shao’s contributions…

Student Publication in Computers in Biology and Medicine

We are thrilled to announce that Vishal Balaji Sivaraman, one of the MirthAI initiative’s PhD students, has published his latest work, “RetinaRegNet: A zero-shot approach for retinal image registration,” in the prestigious journal, Computers in Biology and Medicine. Computers in Biology and Medicine is a highly regarded journal known for…

2025 Oberndorf AI Medical Scholar Awardee, Anjali Patel

The University of Florida’s (UF) Intelligent Critical Care Center (IC3) and the College of Medicine Office of Research are pleased to announce MIRTHAI research volunteer, Anjali Patel, as being one of three awardees for the competitive Oberndorf AI Medical Scholars Award. Congratulations, Anjali! This initiative has been offered to inspire…

UF’s 2024 Postdoctoral Awards

This year the University of Florida’s (UF) Postdoctoral Awards Ceremony chose to honor excellence and an “extra mile” ethic among postdoctoral scholars and researchers who make UF shine through groundbreaking discovery and impactful innovation. MIRTHAI’s very own, Dr. Muhammad Imran applied and did a wonderful job representing his contributions to the…

Paper Accepted to Computers in Biology and Medicine

Members of the MIRTHAI Lab celebrate today for their successful publication to the Journal of Computers in Biology and Medicine. Beneath the watchful eye of Dr. Wei Shao; Amarjeet Kumar, Hongxu Jiang, and Dr. Muhammad Imran have been working tirelessly to attain superior results for one of the lab’s current…

Paper Accepted to Biomedical Signal Processing and Control

Dr. Muhammad Imran, Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Medicine, secures another first author publication to the esteemed Journal of Biomedical Signal Processing and Control. This journal’s impact factor of 4.9 and its top 15% distinction in Health Informatics underscore the hard work and dedication the collaborators have put into…

MIRTH AI Lab Receives Funding from NVIDIA and UF Research Computing

The MIRTH AI Lab is thrilled to announce a significant enhancement in their research capabilities, thanks to a funding award from NVIDIA and the University of Florida’s Research Computing Team. The lab’s proposal, “Generative Diffusion Models for 3D and 4D Medical Image Analysis,” in collaboration with Dr. Kuang Gong, have…

Paper Accepted to the Prestigious, Journal of Vascular Surgery

Major Congratulations to Dr. Muhammad Imran, Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Medicine and Dr. Jonathan R. Krebs, General Surgery Resident in the Department of Vascular Surgery at the University of Florida. Their co-authored paper, “Volumetric Analysis of Acute Uncomplicated Type B Aortic Dissection Using an Automated…