Education: Harvey Mudd College (BS Neuroscience), UCSF (MD, Residency/Fellowship Radiology)
Research interests: I am a clinical radiologist specializing in cancer imaging, and my research interests are broadly in breast cancer imaging and imaging utilization. Most of my research focuses on developing precision imaging models in breast cancer. I work on two multicenter trials in this regard, the WISDOM study (personalized breast screening) and ISPY-2 study (personalized breast cancer treatment), where UCSF serves as the lead site. These trials integrate mammography or breast MRI as “biomarkers" of risk or treatment response to guide clinical decisions. Through the doctoral program, I hope to gain a deep understanding of research methodology to be able to push my work to be as innovative and impactful as possible. I am also interested in understanding techniques such as “big data” mining, genetic epidemiology, and NLP/machine learning.