It is with great pleasure that we welcome Dr. Yu-Chih Chen to our Department as an Assistant Professor in the tenure stream effective November 2020.

Dr. Chen joins us from the labs of Dr. Max S. Wicha and Dr. Euisik Yoon in the Departments of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and the Forbes Institute for Cancer Discovery at the University of Michigan. He obtained his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the lab of Dr. Yoon at the University of Michigan.

Dr. Chen’s research focuses on multi-dimensional single-cell analysis augmented with machine learning for cancer precision medicine. The integrated approach will change how we understand and treat cancer and ultimately improve outcomes for patients

We are delighted to welcome Yu-Chih to our academic family, both at the University of Pittsburgh and the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center as well as the Training Faculty at the Carnegie Mellon University/University of Pittsburgh Joint PhD Program in Computational Biology, CPCB.

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Yu-Chih Chen and his family to the Pittsburgh community!