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      Jia Wu, PhD

      Department of Imaging Physics, Division of Diagnostic Imaging

      About Jia Wu

      My overarching goal is to build AI frameworks that address critical unmet needs across the cancer continuum—from early detection and diagnosis to treatment selection, response assessment, and longitudinal disease monitoring. Central to my work is the principle that impactful AI must be biologically grounded, rigorously validated, and designed to operate within real-world clinical workflows. I lead a highly collaborative data science laboratory that works closely with oncologists, radiologists, pathologists, and translational scientists at MD Anderson and with international partners. Our research tightly integrates methodological innovation with clinical application, enabling bidirectional translation from biological insight to algorithm development and from model output to patient care. A defining feature of my program is the integration of multimodal AI systems—combining imaging, pathology, molecular profiling, blood-based biomarkers, and clinical data—directly into prospective and interventional clinical trials, ensuring that computational advances meaningfully inform patient care and clinical decision-making.

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      Present Title & Affiliation

      Primary Appointment

      Associate Professor, Department Thoracic-Head & Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

      Associate Professor, Department of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

      Education & Training

      Degree-Granting Education

      2013University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, Civil & Bioengineering, Ph.D
      2012Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, Machine Learning, Credit learning
      2009Harbin Institute of Technology, Heilongjiang, CN, Computational Mechanics, M.S
      2007Harbin Institute of Technology, Heilongjiang, CN, Mechanical Engineering, BS

      Postgraduate Training

      2015-2017Postdoctoral Fellowship, Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
      2013-2015Postdoctoral Fellowship, Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

      Experience & Service

      Faculty Academic Appointments

      Assistant Professor, Department of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2020 - 2024

      Assistant Professor, Thoracic-Head & Neck Med Onc, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2020 - 2024

      Instructor, Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 2018 - 2020

      Honors & Awards

      2026 - PresentDiagnostic Imaging Outstanding Service Awards
      2026 - PresentAACR Annual Meeting Press Program (Senior Author)
      2025Distinguished Investigator, Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research
      2025Honoree for Research Excellency, MD Anderson Cancer Center
      2024Hearst Health Prize Finalist
      2023Editor's Recognition Awards with Distinction, RSNA Radiology Journal Office
      2023Scholar-In-Training Award (Senior Author), AACR
      2023Faculty Scholar Award President's Recognition of Faculty Excellence, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
      2022DI Outstanding Jr. Faculty Award, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
      2021 - 2025Rexanna's Foundation Award for Fighting Lung Cancer
      2021NCI Awardee Skills Consortium (NASDC)
      2021UT Rising STARs Award, The University of Texas System
      2021Goldwater Scholar (Research Mentor)
      2019Editor's Recognition Awards with Special Distinction, RSNA Radiology Journal Office
      2018Research Career Accelerator Program, Stanford Center for Clinical & Translational Research & Education
      2018Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00), NIH/NCI
      2017Introduction to Academic Radiology for Scientists Program (ITARSc), RSNA

      Professional Memberships

      American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

      2021 - Present

      American Association of Physicists in Medicine

      2021 - Present

      Radiological Society of North America

      2013 - Present

      Selected Presentations & Talks

      Regional Presentations

      1. 2026. Multimodal AI for Cancer Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment. Invited. Houston, Texas, US.
      2. 2026. From Publications to New Horizons: The Next Phase of Multimodal AI in Lung Cancer Care. Invited. Houston, Texas, US.
      3. 2026. Building the Cancer Digital Twin: Harnessing Multimodal AI Across Radiology, Pathology, and Blood Biomarkers. Invited. Houston, Texas, US.
      4. 2025. Seeing the Unseen: How Multimodal AI is Rethinking Cancer Biology. Invited, US.
      5. 2025. Leverage AI and multimodal data to study precancer evolution. Invited. Houston, Texas, US.
      6. 2025. Multi-Modal AI in Lung Cancer. Invited. Houston, Texas, US.
      7. 2025. Harnessing Multi-Modal Data with AI to Address Unmet Challenges in Cancer. Invited. Harnessing Multi-Modal Data with AI to Address Unmet Challenges in Cancer. Houston, Texas, US.

      National Presentations

      1. 2025. Year in Review: AI in Oncology. Invited, US.
      2. 2025. AI-Driven Multimodal Integration to Guide Cancer Treatment and Beyond. Invited, US.
      3. 2025. Integrating AI and Pathomics to Advance Clinical Decision-Making and Biological Discovery. Invited, US.
      4. 2025. AI-augmented digital twin frameworks for clinical trial prediction and design. Invited. Rome, IT.
      5. 2025. Generatating synthetic PET scans to improve diagnosis and prognosis for lung cancer. Invited. Houston, Texas, US.
      6. 2025. Harnessing Multi-Modal Data with AI to Address Unmet Challenges in Cancer. Invited. Houston, TX, US.
      7. 2025. AI and Multi-modal Modeling in Lung Cancer,. Invited. Gilbert W. Beebe Symposium on AI and ML Applications in Radiation Therapy, Medical Diagnostics, and Radiation Occupational Health and Safety. Washington, D.C, US.
      8. 2025. Advancing Clinical Trials: Radiomics and Multiscale Machine Learning for Patient Selection and Stratification. Invited. NRG Developmental Therapeutics/Radiation Oncology Meeting. Phoenix, AZ, US.
      9. 2024. he World Molecular Imaging Congress. Invited. Naples, IT.
      10. 2024. AI in Clinical Risk Prediction. Invited. Dallas, Texas, US.
      11. 2023. Keynote Speaker: Multi-modal Integration and Modeling to Advance Precision Oncology. Conference. Keynote Speaker: Multi-modal Integration and Modeling to Advance Precision Oncology, US.
      12. 2023. Empower Digital Pathology with Machine Learning and Usher It into Multi-Modal Integration. Conference. Empower Digital Pathology with Machine Learning and Usher It into Multi-Modal Integration, US.
      13. 2023. Using large language models to predict clinical trial success. Conference. Using large language models to predict clinical trial success, US.
      14. 2023. Machine learning to analyze radiographic scans and digital pathology slides and integrate genomic data. Conference. Machine learning to analyze radiographic scans and digital pathology slides and integrate genomic data, US.
      15. 2023. Artificial Intelligence to Surpass Radiomics with Multi-Platform Integration for Precision Oncology. Conference. Artificial Intelligence to Surpass Radiomics with Multi-Platform Integration for Precision Oncology, US.
      16. 2022. Identification of Nodular Lymphocyte-Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma Variant Morphology Using Artificial Intelligence. Conference. Identification of Nodular Lymphocyte-Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma Variant Morphology Using Artificial Intelligence. New Orleans, LA, US.
      17. 2022. Integrated Imaging and Molecular Analysis to Decipher Tumor Microenvironment in the Era of Immunotherapy. Conference. The 2nd MD Anderson Cancer Center and ShangHai Concord Cancer Center Annual International Academic Meeting, US.
      18. 2022. Proliferation Center-Focused Artificial Intelligence Algorithm Enhances Detection of Accelerated Phase Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Conference. Proliferation Center-Focused Artificial Intelligence Algorithm Enhances Detection of Accelerated Phase Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Los Angeles, CA, US.
      19. 2021. Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Mapping of Proliferation Centers in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Identifies Patterns That Reliably Distinguish Accelerated Phase and Large Cell Transformation. Conference. Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Mapping of Proliferation Centers in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Identifies Patterns That Reliably Distinguish Accelerated Phase and Large Cell Transformation. Atlanta, GA, US.
      20. 2021. Machine Learning Pipeline with Feature Engineering Provides Robust Diagnostic Predictions in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Accelerated and Transformed Phases. Conference. Machine Learning Pipeline with Feature Engineering Provides Robust Diagnostic Predictions in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Accelerated and Transformed Phases. Atlanta, GA, US.
      21. 2021. Spearhead Clinically Relevant Radiologic Biomarker Discovery in Precision Oncology with Habitat Imaging, Virtual Symposium and Scientific Meeting. Conference. Virtual Symposium and Scientific Meeting, US.
      22. 2018. Quantitative DCE-MRI Features Can Complement Molecular Markers for Predicting Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Breast Cancer: Model Discovery and Independent Validation. Conference. Quantitative DCE-MRI Features Can Complement Molecular Markers for Predicting Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Breast Cancer: Model Discovery and Independent Validation. Chicago, IL, US.
      23. 2016. Intratumor Partitioning of Serial CT and FDG-PET Images Identifies High-risk Tumor Subregions and Predicts Patterns of Failure in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer After Radiotherapy. Conference. Intratumor Partitioning of Serial CT and FDG-PET Images Identifies High-risk Tumor Subregions and Predicts Patterns of Failure in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer After Radiotherapy. Boston, MA, US.
      24. 2015. Tumor Heterogeneity Patterns of DCE-MRI Parametric Response Maps May Augment Early Assessment of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: A Pilot Study of ACRIN 6657/I-SPY 1. Conference. Tumor Heterogeneity Patterns of DCE-MRI Parametric Response Maps May Augment Early Assessment of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: A Pilot Study of ACRIN 6657/I-SPY 1. Chicago, IL, US.
      25. 2014. A Feasibility Study Investigating the Use of Quantitative Measures of Spatio-temporal Tumor Heterogeneity Derived from 4D Breast Page 4 of 6 DCE-MRI Registration as a Biomarker of Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy. Conference. A Feasibility Study Investigating the Use of Quantitative Measures of Spatio-temporal Tumor Heterogeneity Derived from 4D Breast Page 4 of 6 DCE-MRI Registration as a Biomarker of Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy. Austin, TX, US.
      26. 2014. A feasibility study on kinematic feature extraction from the human interventricular septum toward hypertension classification. Conference. A feasibility study on kinematic feature extraction from the human interventricular septum toward hypertension classification. Pittsburgh, PA, US.
      27. 2013. An Investigation of Shape Analysis Methods for Assessment of Organ-Level Functional Changes in the Human Right Ventricle. Conference. An Investigation of Shape Analysis Methods for Assessment of Organ-Level Functional Changes in the Human Right Ventricle. Raleigh, NC, US.
      28. 2011. Geometric Analysis and Decomposition of Normal and Hypertensive Human Right Ventricle from Diagnostic Medical Imaging. Conference. Geometric Analysis and Decomposition of Normal and Hypertensive Human Right Ventricle from Diagnostic Medical Imaging. Pittsburgh, PA, US.

      International Presentations

      1. 2026. How to validate AI biomarkers for clinical practice. Invited, US.
      2. 2025. Multimodal AI for Advancing Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment. Invited. Nice, FR.
      3. 2025. AI Innovations in Lung Cancer. Invited. Rome, IT.
      4. 2024. Radiomics and Artificial Intelligence for Precision Oncology. Invited, US.
      5. 2024. Harnessing AI for Enhanced Molecular Imaging in Cancer Research. Invited. Montreal, CA.

      Formal Peers

      1. 2022. AI Bridge Radiology and Pathology. Invited, US.
      2. 2021. Integrated imaging and molecular analysis to decipher tumor microenvironment in the era of immunotherapy. Invited. Austin, TX, US.
      3. 2020. Habitat Imaging for COVID-19: Discover Clinically Relevant and Actionable Biomarkers. Invited, US.
      4. 2019. Empower Radiology with Artificial Intelligence: Discover Clinically Relevant and Actionable Imaging Markers. Invited. Stanford, CA, US.
      5. 2019. Artificial Intelligence in Radiology: Discover Clinically Relevant & Actionable Imaging Markers, Department of Radiology. Invited. New York, NY, US.
      6. 2019. Discover Clinically Relevant and Actionable Imaging Markers with Artificial Intelligence, Radiology Research Grand Round. Invited. Los Angeles, CA, US.
      7. 2018. Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging: Converting Pictures into Clinically Useful Information for Precision Medicine. Invited. Atlanta, GA, US.
      8. 2018. Artificial Intelligence in Radiology: Discover Clinically Relevant and Actionable Imaging Markers in Precision Oncology. Invited. New York City, NY, US.
      9. 2018. Unraveling Tumor Heterogeneity Using Artificial Intelligence: Radiomics, Radiogenomics and Habitat Imaging, Center for Biomedical Informatics. Invited. Winston-Salem, NC, US.
      10. 2018. Spearhead Clinically Relevant Radiologic Biomarker Discovery in Precision Oncology with Artificial Intelligence. Invited. New York City, NY, US.
      11. 2017. Radiomic and Radiogenomic Analysis for Clinically Relevant Imaging Biomarkers in Precision Oncology, Radiology Grand Rounds & Translational Research Seminar. Invited. Danville, PA, US.
      12. 2013. Computational Statistical Shape Analysis of Medical Images for Hypertension Classification. Invited. Saint Louis, MO, US.
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      Selected Publications

      Peer-Reviewed Articles

      1. Waqas, M, Bandyopadhyay, R, Showkatian, E, Muneer, A, Zafar, A, Alvarez, FR, Marin, MC, Li, W, Jaffray, D, Haymaker, CL, Heymach, JV, Vokes, N, Solis Soto, LM, Zhang, J, Wu, J. The next layer: augmenting foundation models with structure-preserving and attention-guided learning for local patches to global context awareness in computational pathology. npj Precision Oncology 10(1), 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41639188.
      2. Muneer, A, Showkatian, E, Saad, M, Hong, L, Li, S, Salehjahromi, M, Aminu, M, Sujit, S, Xu, H, Waqas, M, Zafar, A, Shroff, G, Wu, CC, Carter, B, Chang, JY, Liao, Z, Altan, M, Vokes, N, Cascone, T, Le, X, Haymaker, CL, Wistuba, II, Chung, C, Jaffray, D, Gibbons, DL, Vaporciyan, AA, Lee, JJ, Lou, Y, Heymach, JV, Zhang, J, Wu, J. Deep learning of CT imaging predicts PD-L1 expression and immunotherapy response in metastatic NSCLC. Cancer Letters 656, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 42314966.
      3. Muneer, A, Waqas, M, Saad, M, Showkatian, E, Bandyopadhyay, R, Xu, H, Li, W, Chang, JY, Liao, Z, Haymaker, CL, Solis Soto, LM, Wu, CC, Vokes, N, Le, X, Byers, LA, Gibbons, DL, Heymach, JV, Zhang, J, Wu, J. From classical machine learning to emerging foundation models. Artificial Intelligence Review 59(4), 2026. e-Pub 2026.
      4. Zhu B, Aminu M, Chen P, Li J, Dong C, Li C, Tian Y, Lu S, Chen H, Ma C, Hu X, Ye J, Liu AY, Huang B, Rojas FR, Edwin Roger PC, Shi O, Nilsson MB, Poteete A, Khan KB, Lu W, Solis Soto LM, Fujimoto J, Haymaker C, Wistuba II, Wei Z, Wang L, Gibbons DL, Chen K, Reuben A, Schenke JM, Heymach JV, Cheng C, Wu J, Zhang J. Spatial Profiling Reveals Distinct Molecular and Immune Evolution of Mouse Lung Adenocarcinoma Precancers with or Without Carcinogen Exposure. Advanced Science 13(17), 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41580978.
      5. Zhu, E, Muneer, A, Zhang, J, Xia, Y, Li, X, Zhou, CC, Heymach, JV, Wu, J, Le, X. Progress and challenges of artificial intelligence in lung cancer clinical translation. npj Precision Oncology 9(1), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40595378.
      6. # XH, # WL, # JL, # SL, Saad MB, Kitsel Y, Heeke S, Hong L, Mohamed MQ, Le X, Vokes N, Godoy MC, Carter BW, Shroff GS, Eapen G, Byers LA, Vaporciyan AA, Gibbons DL, Heymach J, Wu CC, Zhang J, Wu J. Development of PET/CT-clinical nomograms for predicting lymph node metastasis in primary lung cancer. European Radiology 36(5):4110-4122, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41405691.
      7. Aminu, M, Zhu, B, Vokes, N, Chen, H, Hong, L, Li, J, Fujimoto, J, Chaib, M, Yang, Y, Wang, B, Poteete, A, Nilsson, M, Le, X, Cascone, T, Jaffray, D, Navin, N, Wang, T, Byers, LA, Gibbons, DL, Heymach, JV, Chen, K, Cheng, C, Zhang, J, Wu, J. CoCo-ST detects global and local biological structures in spatial transcriptomics datasets. Nature cell biology 27(11):2019-2031, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41083603.
      8. Saad, M, Showkatian, E, Verma, V, Al Tashi, Q, Aminu, M, Xu, X, Mohamed, MQ, Salehjahromi, M, Sujit, S, Kitsel, Y, Lin, SH, Liao, Z, Gandhi, S, Qian, DC, Jaffray, D, Chung, C, Vokes, N, Zhang, J, Jack Lee, J, Heymach, JV, Wu, J, Chang, JY. Causal AI-based clinical and radiomic analysis for optimizing patient selection in combined immunotherapy and SABR in early-stage NSCLC. Journal for immunotherapy of cancer 13(10), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41052882.
      9. Salehjahromi M, Li H, Showkatian E, Saad MB, Qayati M, Ismail SM, Sujit SJ, Muneer A, Aminu M, Hong L, Han X, Heeke S, Cascone T, Le X, Vokes N, Gibbons DL, Toumazis I, Ostrin EJ, Antonoff MB, Vaporciyan AA, Jaffray D, Kay FU, Carter BW, Wu CC, B Godoy MC, Lee J, Gerber DE, Heymach JV, Zhang J, Wu J. Radiomics for Dynamic Lung Cancer Risk Prediction in USPSTF-Ineligible Patients. Cancers 17(21), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41228201.
      10. Deboever N, Al-Tashi Q, Eisenberg M, Saad MB, Antonoff MB, Hofstetter WL, Mehran RJ, Rice DC, Roth J, Swisher SG, Vaporciyan AA, Walsh GL, Wu J, Rajaram R. Machine Learning Prediction of Financial Toxicity in Patients with Resected Lung Cancer. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40028915.
      11. Saad MB, Al-Tashi Q, Hong L, Verma V, Li W, Boiarsky D, Li S, Petranovic M, Wu CC, Carter BW, Shroff GS, Cascone T, Le X, Elamin YY, Altan M, Heeke S, Sheshadri A, Chang JY, Lee PP, Liao Z, Gibbons DL, Vaporciyan AA, Lee JJ, Wistuba II, Haymaker C, Mirjalili S, Jaffray D, Gainor JF, Lou Y, Di Federico A, Pecci F, Awad M, Ricciuti B, Heymach JV, Vokes NI, Zhang J, Wu J. Machine-learning driven strategies for adapting immunotherapy in metastatic NSCLC. Nature communications 16(1), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40707438.
      12. Zhu B, Chen P, Aminu M, Li JR, Fujimoto J, Tian Y, Hong L, Chen H, Hu X, Li C, Vokes N, Moreira AL, Gibbons DL, Solis Soto LM, Parra Cuentas ER, Shi O, Diao S, Ye J, Rojas FR, Vilar E, Maitra A, Chen K, Navin N, Nilsson M, Huang B, Heeke S, Zhang J, Haymaker CL, Velcheti V, Sterman DH, Kochat V, Padron WI, Alexandrov LB, Wei Z, Le X, Wang L, Fukuoka J, Lee JJ, Wistuba II, Pass HI, Davis M, Hanash S, Cheng C, Spira A, Rai K, Lippman SM, Futreal PA, Heymach JV, Reuben A, Wu J, Zhang. Spatial and multiomics analysis of human and mouse lung adenocarcinoma precursors reveals TIM-3 as a putative target for precancer interception. Cancer cell 43(6):1125-1140.e10, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40345189.
      13. Alahdab, F, Saad, M, Ahmed, AI, Al Tashi, Q, Aminu, M, Han, Y, Moody, JB, Murthy, VL, Wu, J, Al-Mallah, MH. Development and validation of a machine learning model to predict myocardial blood flow and clinical outcomes from patients’ electrocardiograms. Cell Reports Medicine 5(10), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39326409.
      14. Waqas, M, Tahir, MA, Author, MD, Al-Maadeed, S, Bouridane, A, Wu, J. Simultaneous instance pooling and bag representation selection approach for multiple-instance learning (MIL) using vision transformer. Neural Computing and Applications 36(12):6659-6680, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
      15. Sujit # SJ, # MA, Karpinets TV, Chen P, Saad MB, Salehjahromi M, Boom JD, Qayati M, George JM, Allen H, Antonoff MB, Hong L, Hu X, Heeke S, Tran HT, Le X, Elamin YY, Altan M, Vokes NI, Sheshadri A, Lin J, Zhang J, Lu Y, Behrens C, B Godoy MC, Wu CC, Chang JY, Chung C, Jaffray DA, Wistuba II, Lee J, Vaporciyan AA, Gibbons DL, Heymach J, Zhang J, Cascone T, Wu J. Enhancing NSCLC recurrence prediction with PET/CT habitat imaging, ctDNA, and integrative radiogenomics-blood insights. Nature Communications, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38605064.
      16. Salehjahromi, M, Karpinets, T, Sujit, S, Qayati, M, Chen, P, Aminu, M, Saad, MB, Bandyopadhyay, R, Hong, L, Sheshadri, A, Lin, J, Antonoff, MB, Sepesi, B, Ostrin, EJ, Toumazis, I, Huang, P, Cheng, C, Cascone, T, Vokes, N, Behrens, C, Siewerdsen, JH, Hazle, JD, Chang, JY, Zhang, J, Lu, Y, Godoy, M, Chung, C, Jaffray, D, Wistuba, II, Lee, JJ, Vaporciyan, AA, Gibbons, DL, Gladish, G, Heymach, JV, Wu, CC, Zhang, J, Wu, J. Synthetic PET from CT improves diagnosis and prognosis for lung cancer. Cell Reports Medicine 5(3), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38471502.
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