Peter Yiğitcan Washington

Peter Yiğitcan Washington is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), within the Division of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation. He leads the UCSF TECH Lab, focused on consumer digital health informatics. His work leverages data from wearables and consumer health devices to create actionable health insights, emphasizing ethical and human-centered AI practices.

Teaching and Mentorship:

• Advises students through UC Berkeley’s URAP program and co-advises PhD students at University of Hawaii and Stanford.
• Offers teaching in Clinical Artificial Intelligence (UCSF), Human-Centered Data Science (University of Hawaii), and Machine Learning courses.
• Hosts summer research interns via the UCSF Summer Student Research Program and collaborates with industry and academic partners.

Research Interests:

• Development of AI-driven diagnostics and therapeutics using consumer device data.
• Focus on privacy-preserving informatics, bias mitigation in healthcare algorithms, and qualitative analysis of health interventions.
• Specializes in multimodal learning on time-series data, mobile/web development for health tools, and human subjects study recruitment.

Advising and Collaborations:

• Currently co-advises 5 PhD students at University of Hawaii and 1 at Stanford.
• Actively pursues grants to expand the UCSF TECH Lab’s research capacity.
• Will be on paternity leave in mid-2025, temporarily limiting new trainee intake.

Lab and Teams:

• UCSF TECH Lab collaborates with UC Berkeley and University of Hawaii on interdisciplinary projects.
• Specializes in consumer health technologies, including mRNA vaccine formulations, wearable data analysis, and digital therapeutics.