معرفی
Dr. Yunyan Zhang is a Research Associate Professor at the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine with dual appointments in the Department of Radiology and Department of Clinical Neurosciences. She holds additional affiliations as Full Member of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute and Child Health & Wellness Researcher at Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute. Dr. Zhang obtained her MD in radiology in China and PhD in Imaging Informatics from the University of Calgary, completing postdoctoral training through research and clinical fellowships in neurology and neuroradiology at the Universities of British Columbia and Calgary.
Her research program develops novel AI methodologies for advancing healthcare, with specialization in:
- Machine/deep learning for medical image pattern recognition
- Natural language processing for clinical data analysis
- Neuroimaging biomarker discovery for multiple sclerosis
- Histopathological validation of computational models
- Tissue integrity and repair assessment techniques
Dr. Zhang has secured significant research funding including:
- Discovery Grant (NSERC)
- Project Grant (CIHR)
- Discovery Research Grant (MS Society of Canada)
- AICE Concepts Program (Alberta Innovates)
