{"id":14081,"date":"2024-08-19T16:14:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T20:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=14081"},"modified":"2025-04-24T15:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T19:21:07","slug":"daiwei-david-zhang-phd","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/directory\/daiwei-david-zhang-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Daiwei (David) Zhang, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Research Interests<\/h2>\n<p><strong class=\":keywords\">Keywords: artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, language models, spatial omics, computational pathology, medical imaging<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My research focuses on the development of novel AI frameworks to analyze high-dimensional, multi-modal, multi-scale data, especially those originating from spatial omics, computational pathology, and medical imaging. The overarching goal of my research is to harness the power of AI to answer the most pressing scientific, engineering, and clinical needs in biomedicine and health care.<\/p>\n<h2>Daiwei (David) Zhang in 黑料网 Genetics News<\/h2>\n            <div class=\"wc-cards\"><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--1x1 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/department-of-genetics-welcomes-dr-daiwei-david-zhang\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2024\/08\/HeadshotDZ-600x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_1x1 size-wc_card_1x1 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Daiwei (David) Zhang\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2024\/08\/HeadshotDZ-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2024\/08\/HeadshotDZ-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2024\/08\/HeadshotDZ-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2024\/08\/HeadshotDZ-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2024\/08\/HeadshotDZ-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2024\/08\/HeadshotDZ-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2024\/08\/HeadshotDZ-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">August 19, 2024<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--3\">Department of Genetics Welcomes Dr. Daiwei (David) Zhang<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--5\">Welcome to Daiwei (David) Zhang, PhD. Dr. Zhang has been appointed as an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in the Department of Biostatistics, with a joint appointment in the Department of Genetics.<\/p><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Department of Genetics Welcomes Dr. Daiwei (David) Zhang\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>            <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Interests Keywords: artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, language models, spatial omics, computational pathology, medical imaging My research focuses on the development of novel AI frameworks to analyze high-dimensional, multi-modal, multi-scale data, especially those originating from spatial omics, computational pathology, and medical imaging. 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