Public Biography
Zhiyong Lu, PhD, FACMI, FIAHSI is a tenured NIH Senior Investigator at the National Library of Medicine, leading research in biomedical text and image processing, information retrieval, and AI/machine learning. In his role as Deputy Director for Literature Search at NCBI, Dr. Lu oversees the overall R&D efforts to improve literature search and information access in PubMed and LitCovid, which are used by millions worldwide each day. Dr. Lu serves on the US national AI R&D inter-agency committee and NIH/IRP AI task force. Dr. Lu is a member of the JAMIA editorial board and co-editor of the forthcoming JAMIA focus issue on Large Language Models.
Historic ACMI Biography
Dr. Lu has contributed significantly to the fields of biomedical information retrieval and natural language processing. His research has resulted in significant search improvements in PubMed, and several highly innovative and widely used systems including PubTator. Dr. Lu has (co-)authored over 180 articles with around 12,000 citations and mentored more than 35 trainees.
Affiliations
The American College of Medical Informatics
ACMI is a college of elected Fellows from the U.S. and abroad who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of medical informatics. It is the central body for a community of scholars and practitioners who are committed to advancing the informatics field.
Year Elected
2019