• Director of the Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence, Associate Professor, Chief of Pathology Informatics, Assistant Dean for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

    Education:
    Ph.D. 2017, Computer Science, , University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
    B.S. 2009, Computer Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

    As a computer scientist in medicine, my primary interest is in the advancement of distributed systems, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence (AI) to healthcare.

    I currently serve as the Division Chief for Pathology Informatics, Director the Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence, co-Director of the UK AI in Medicine Alliance, and serve as Senior Fellow for Innovation with the Kentucky Council On Postsecondary Education (CPE).

    Prior to my current appointment I held a number of technology leadership positions including Director of Enterprise Systems and Development, Chief Technology Architect, and Director of Research computing. In addition to a twenty-year career in technology architecture and operations, I have led numerous research efforts including international research federations in privacy-preserving data collection, contract support of national research infrastructure, and the development of clinical and research data management systems across laboratory, imaging, and genomic domains.

    I enjoy working on innovative projects at the intersection of AI, medicine, and distributed computing.