Zhe He

Zhe He is a Full Professor at Florida State University (FSU), leading the eHealth Lab in the School of Information (iSchool) within the College of Communication & Information. He holds courtesy appointments in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine (College of Medicine), Department of Computer Science, and Department of Statistics. His research focuses on biomedical informatics, AI, and big data analytics, aiming to improve population health and advance biomedical research through informatics applications. He directs the Institute for Successful Longevity and co-leads the Biostatistics, Informatics, and Research Design Program (BIRD) of the UF-FSU Clinical and Translational Science Award.

Education: Postdoctoral training at Columbia University (2015), PhD in Computer Science from NJIT (2014), MS from Columbia University (2009), and BE from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (2007).

Research Interests: Clinical trial generalizability, ontology quality assurance, consumer health informatics, and AI in medicine. His work bridges biomedical terminologies, patient engagement, and healthcare equity, with a focus on older adults and underserved populations.

Grants & Funding: Over $21.9M in grants from NIH (NLM, NIA, NIMH), AHRQ, Amazon, NVIDIA, and Eli Lilly. Active grants include projects on medical marijuana effects, AI-driven clinical training, HIV prevention, and lab result interpretation tools for older adults.

Awards & Honors: 2022 Lois Lunin Award (ASIS&T), FAMIA (2022), two AMIA Distinguished Paper Awards, and recognition for interdisciplinary research. Promoted to Full Professor in 2025 after early tenure as Associate Professor (2020).

Labs & Teams: Directs the eHealth Lab and collaborates with跨学科 teams in the OneFlorida Data Trust, UF-FSU Clinical and Translational Science Award, and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (during sabbatical).