Mehmet Eren Ahsen

Mehmet Eren Ahsen is an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, holding dual appointments in Business Administration and Biomedical and Translational Sciences. He is also the Deloitte Scholar in Accountancy and an affiliate at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology. His research bridges artificial intelligence, healthcare analytics, and biomedical informatics, focusing on applications in medical decision-making, disease diagnosis, and drug development.

Key research interests include:

• AI-driven healthcare workflows, particularly in mammography screening and radiology
• Machine learning for biomarker discovery and genomic analysis
• Economics of AI adoption in clinical settings
• Unsupervised ensemble learning for biomedical problems

His work has been recognized by the CHITA Young Researcher Award (2024). Notable collaborations involve interdisciplinary teams addressing challenges in cancer genomics, supply chain resilience, and pandemic response.

Recent studies highlight:

• Economic impact of AI-human task sharing in mammography
• Optimizing screening mammography recall strategies
• Analysis of social media's role in pandemic information dissemination
• Development of ensemble models for disease prediction

Dr. Ahsen's research also explores:

• Extracellular vesicle RNA signatures for early cancer detection
• Correlated drug action models for combination therapies
• Algorithmic fairness in healthcare AI systems

His lab integrates computational methods with clinical and genomic data to advance precision medicine and healthcare efficiency.