Jia Wu, PhD
Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Associate Professor, Department of Thoracic-Head & Neck Medical Oncology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Education & Training
Postgraduate Training
| 2015-2018 | Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California |
| 2013-2015 | Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Experience & Service
Institutional Committee Activities
Committee Member, Gulf Coast Consortia Translational Imaging Steering Committee, 2022 - Present
Committee Member, Breast Cancer Moon Shot IAB Committee, 2021 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2024 | Invited Preview of Research Paper, Cell Reports Medicine |
| 2024 | Editor’s Choice of Research Paper, Annals of Oncology |
| 2024 | Hearst Health Prize Finalist |
| 2023 | Editor's Recognition Awards with Distinction, RSNA Radiology Journal Office |
| 2023 | Faculty Scholar Award President's Recognition of Faculty Excellence, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2023 | Rexanna's Foundation Award for Fighting Lung Cancer |
| 2023 | Invited Commentary of Research Paper, The Lancet Digital Health |
| 2023 | Scholar-In-Training Award (Senior Author), AACR |
| 2022 | Monthly Readers’ Choice of Research Paper, Modern Pathology |
| 2022 | DI Outstanding Jr. Faculty Award, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2022 | Rexanna's Foundation Award for Fighting Lung Cancer |
| 2022 | Invited Commentary of Research Paper, The Journal of Pathology |
| 2021 | Goldwater Scholar (Research Mentor) |
| 2021 | NCI Awardee Skills Consortium (NASDC) |
| 2021 | UT Rising STARs Award, The University of Texas System |
| 2021 | News and Views of Research Paper, Nature Machine Intelligence |
| 2021 | Rexanna's Foundation Award for Fighting Lung Cancer |
| 2019 | Editor's Recognition Awards with Special Distinction, RSNA Radiology Journal Office |
| 2018 | Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00), NIH/NCI |
| 2018 | Research Career Accelerator Program, Stanford Center for Clinical & Translational Research & Education |
| 2017 | Outstanding Reviewer Awards, Physics in Medicine and Biology |
| 2017 | Introduction to Academic Radiology for Scientists Program (ITARSc), RSNA |
| 2017 | Outstanding Reviewer Awards, Computers in Biology and Medicine |
| 2017 | Featured Research Paper, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine |
| 2016 | Editorial Highlighted Paper and News Release, RSNA Radiology Journal Office |
| 2015 | Final List of Best Student Paper Award, SPIE Medical Imaging |
| 2015 | Outstanding Reviewer Awards, Pattern Recognition |
| 2013 | Travel Award, 11th and 12th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics |
| 2013 | Featured Research Paper, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Imaging & Visualization Journal Office |
| 2011 | Travel Award, 11th and 12th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics |
Professional Memberships
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified November 19, 2024