Team
Principal Investigator
Rima Arnaout, MD
Principal Investigator
Rima Arnaout is an Associate Professor in Medicine (Cardiology), a member of the Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute and the UCSF Center for Intelligent Imaging, a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Intercampus Award Investigator, and faculty in the UCSF Graduate Program in Biological and Medical Informatics. She is a physician-scientist with a background in genetics, clinical research, and programming, and a practicing cardiologist board-certified in multi-modality cardiovascular imaging.
Lab Members
Laura Gambini, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
Laura obtained her PhD in Physics from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, specializing in the development of deep-learning techniques for electron microscopy data. During her PhD, she also had opportunities to apply AI-models to enhance medical imaging systems. These experiences have increased her excitement about using deep learning to make meaningful contributions in the healthcare domain. Laura holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Energy Engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy.
Aaron Liu, MS
Data Scientist
Aaron received his master's degree in Data Science from Duke University and a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from National Tsing Hua University. His research interest lies in computer vision and self-supervised representation learning. As a data science professional, Aaron aims to leverage his machine learning skills to contribute to the field of precision medicine at the Arnaout Lab.
Wayne Shi, BSE
Data Scientist
Wayne received his bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University with concentrations in Computer Vision, Medical Imaging, and Bio-electricity. He enjoys building medical devices & software, architecting machine learning models, and dreams that one day his work can improve people's well-being and help build a better healthcare system.
Nikolina Tomic, MSc
Data Scientist
Nikolina received her MSc degree from EPFL Lausanne focusing on artificial intelligence, robotics, and neurosciences, and a BSc degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Novi Sad. She is passionate about improving healthcare by utilizing the power of data science.
Connor Lau, BS
Project Manager
Connor received his bachelor's degree in Molecular Biology from the University of California, Berkeley. He intends to bring focus and enthusiasm to the fields of medical research and health technology.
Lennart Elbe, B.Sc.
Project Manager
Lennart studied computer science at the University of Freiburg in Germany and has worked in research informatics in the University Clinic of Stuttgart. He is passionate about implementing practical informatics solutions in health care technology.
Yili Zhao, PhD
Research Sonographer
Yili practices clinical fetal and pediatric ultrasonography, as well as participates in fetal cardiology research.
Aneela Reddy, MD
Clinical Fellow
Dr. Reddy is a pediatric cardiology fellow at UCSF.
Roshni Bhatnagar, MD
Clinical Fellow
Roshni is a cardiology fellow at UCSF. She completed her BA and MD at Northwestern University and internal medicine residency at UCLA, where she was a chief resident. Roshni is interested in studying methods to improve the accuracy and usability of models designed to interpret echocardiograms, with applications to improved screening and diagnosis for common cardiovascular conditions. She is interested in women's cardiovascular health and preventive cardiology.
Collaborators
Ramy Arnaout, MD
An alumnus of MIT, Dr. Arnaout received his doctorate in mathematical (systems) biology from Oxford University on a Marshall Scholarship and his MD from Harvard Medical School as a Soros Fellow. He completed residency in pathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and postdoctoral work at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
Anita Moon-Grady, MD
Dr. Anita Moon-Grady, director of the Fetal Cardiovascular Program at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, specializes in pediatric cardiology and neonatal and perinatal medicine.
Liviu Klein, MD, MS
Liviu Klein is Director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support and Heart Failure Device Programs and Director of Cardiology Clinical Research. He specializes in treating patients with heart failure, including patients with ventricular assist devices and heart transplants. His research is aimed at understanding heart failure and sudden death in women and has received funding from the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association. In addition, he is developing new diagnostic sensors and therapeutic devices for patients with cardiovascular disease, including patients with heart failure.
Julia Adler-Milstein, PhD
Dr. Adler-Milstein is Director of the Center for Clinical Informatics and Improvement Research (CLIIR). She is an internationally recognized expert on policy and management issues related to the use of IT in healthcare delivery.
Lab Alumni
Suganya Subramaniam
Forest Finnigan
Erin Chinn
Aaron Grober
Soumil Jain
Lara Curran
Jonathan Renslo
Adrienne Lightbourne
Michael Henne
Anil Kemisetti
Sara Rizvi
Chinmayee Athalye
Joyce Njoroge
Martha Tesfalul
Dave Anderson
Zaynaf Salaymang
Danielle L. Ferreira
Sarthak Jain