Speaker: Stephanie Harmon, PhD | Stadtman Investigator and Medical Physicist, Center of Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH
Date: Tuesday, December 10th, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM Central Time
Location: Zoom
Title: Translational AI Applications in Prostate Cancer
Abstract: Machine learning applications have dominated major medical imaging journals in recent years, but how practical are these tools and how do we translate them to clinical use? In this talk we will review recent ML applications developed at the NCI and discuss how clinical translation is considered during model development, validation, and deployment.
Bio: Dr. Stephanie Harmon is a medical physicist with a research focus in computational approaches to combining multiscale biological and clinicopathological data to model the progression and outcome of various cancers. Dr. Harmon’s graduate work at the University of Wisconsin- Madison focused on the use of quantitative imaging for modeling disease outcomes using functional imaging biomarkers (PET/CT). For her postgraduate work, Dr. Harmon joined NIH in 2017 where she worked within in the Molecular Imaging Branch at the National Cancer Institute. In July 2020, Dr. Harmon transition to a Staff Scientist position within the newly formed Artificial Intelligence Resource of NCI. This group excels in development and translation of imaging methods in cancer, supporting intramural investigators in development of AI-based solutions. In 2023 Dr. Harmon began an independent research career within NCI as a Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator. Dr. Harmon has focused her independent research interests to investigating the functional relationship of imaging characteristics across biological scales in various cancers. She is the recipient of several awards and grants, including the Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award, DoD Prostate Cancer Research Program Data Science grant, and NCI Center for Cancer Research Director’s Innovation Career Development Award.