Yuzhe Yang
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
COMPUTER SCIENCE
107-200B CHS
Email: yuzhey@ucla.eduWebsites
RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
I research machine learning methods with applications in human disease, health and medicine, with a focus on the following:
- Machine Learning
- Artificial Intelligence
- AI for Health
- AI for Science
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS AND BOOKS
Please see Google Scholar Page (linked above) for publication list
IN THE NEWS
- SensorLM: Learning the language of wearable sensors | Google Research, 2025
- AI Models Miss Disease in Black and Female Patients | Science, 2025
- Study reveals why AI models that analyze medical images can be biased | MIT, 2024
- Researchers Reduce Bias in Pathology AI Algorithms Using Foundation Models | MGB, 2024
- See How This AI Analyzes Breathing Patterns For Early Detection Of Parkinson’s | Forbes, 2022
- AI Remotely Detects Parkinson’s Disease During Sleep | NVIDIA, 2022
- Artificial intelligence model can detect Parkinson’s from breathing patterns | MIT, 2022
EDUCATION
PhD, (2024) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Computer Science
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- AMIA Edward H. Shortliffe Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2025
- Forbes 30 Under 30, 2024
- Rising Stars in Data Science, 2023
- Yunfan Award for Rising Stars in AI, 2023
- Ten Notable Advances in 2022 by Nature Medicine, 2022
- Ten Crucial Advances in 2022 by The Lancet Neurology, 2022