Sunyang Fu, PhD, MHI

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Quantitative and Systems Health Sciences at Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, where I direct the LEAF-AI Lab (Learning Ecosystem for Age-Friendly Care). My research develops human-centered, trustworthy AI solutions through team-science approaches to accelerate the use of real-world Electronic Health Record (EHR) data for improving age-friendly care, spanning three interconnected pillars: modeling real-world data into clinical knowledge, translating validated models into deployable multi-site solutions, and scaling the shared infrastructure that lets institutions learn from each other's data. I am also affiliated with the Network for Investigation of Delirium: Unifying Scientists and Mayo Clinic, Division of Epidemiology, with collaborative research experience spanning aging, cancer, and musculoskeletal diseases and procedures. Previously, I was an Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Team Science at the Center for Translational AI Excellence and Applications in Medicine (TEAM-AI), McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics, UTHealth Houston, and a Sr. Data Science Analyst at the Department of AI and Informatics, Mayo Clinic. I obtained my Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota, M.H.I. at the University of Michigan, and B.B.A. at the University of Iowa.