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Rong Xu, PhD

Professor
Case Western Reserve University, Ohio

Rong Xu, PhD is Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Director of Center for Artificial Intelligence in Drug Discovery at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Dr. Xu earned her BS degree in Biology from Peking University, M.S degree in Biology from Case Western Reserve University, M.S in Computer Science and Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics both from Stanford University. Dr. Xu’s research falls into two broad categories: theoretical computer algorithm development and translational biomedical research. Her research interests in computer science focus on artificial intelligence, natural language processing, machine learning, data mining, statistical learning, systems biology, and other advanced computational techniques that can create, integrate, and analyze large amounts of heterogeneous and complex biological and health data. Her research interests in biomedical sciences include drug discovery, disease gene discovery, precision medicine, and health outcomes research. Dr. Xu has received several prestigious awards: (1) elected Fellow of American College of Medical Informatics; (2) The NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, (3) the Landon-AACR (American Association for Cancer Research) Innovator Award for Cancer Prevention Research, (4) the AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association) New Investigator award. Dr Xu has published in over 150 peer-reviewed research articles and her research works have been included in the CDC guidelines, contributed to FDA policy change, and featured in > 1000 news including New Yorker Times, NPR, ABC News, NBC News, CNN, WSJ, Forbes, USA Today, Fox News, and Scientific Americans.

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