Wang Lab
Dr. Wang’s laboratory focuses on the intersection of machine learning and medical imaging. The lab develops and applies methods in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data science to process and analyze medical images to understand the mechanisms of diseases and build diagnostic/predictive models.
Highlights
Biomarkers identified by interpretable ML model
Brain Age Prediction Pipeline
Predict overall survival in patients with metastatic prostate cancer
Pipeline of Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis
Pipeline flow chart of automatic LGN segmentation
Latest News
- Aug 26, 2026: We are pleased to share that a collaborative team led by Dr. Wan as Principal Investigator (PI) and Dr. Jieqiong Wang as Multiple Principal Investigator (MPI) has received a two-year R03 grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute (NIH/NCI).The project will focus on developing a multimodal artificial intelligence framework to characterize pediatric T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) using data from the Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program. Congratulations to Dr. Wan lab and the Wang Lab on this exciting achievement and collaboration!
- Aug 20, 2026: We are pleased to share that Dr. Jieqiong Wang has been selected as a recipient of the UNMC New Investigator Award, presented by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (VCR). The award recognizes outstanding early-career investigators and their contributions to research at UNMC. The award ceremony will be held on October 29, 2026. Congratulations to Dr. Wang on this well-deserved recognition!
- Aug 06, 2026: We are thrilled to announce that the Wang Lab has been awarded a new NIH R21 grant. The project will develop an automated BNST segmentation algorithm and explore the role of the BNST in adolescent alcohol use. Congratulations to the entire team on this exciting achievement!
- Jul 31, 2026: Our paper "WIMOAD: Weighted Integration of Multi-Omics Data with Meta Learning for Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis" is accepted by Journal of Alzheimers Disease. Congratulations to all co-authors!
- Jul 27, 2026: We are pleased to announce that the Wang Lab has been awarded a competitive CHRI AI Grant!. The project will leverage AI and ultrasound imaging to develop multi-scale fetal biological age clocks. Congratulations to the entire team on this exciting achievement!