Kun Huang, PhD, research scientist at the Clem McDonald Center for Biomedical Informatics at the Regenstrief Institute, has been named one of 24 new fellows of the American College of Medical Informatics. The induction will take place November 16 during a ceremonial dinner at the American Medical Informatics Association 2025 Annual Symposium.
ACMI is a college of elected fellows who have made significant and sustained contributions to biomedical and health informatics. Individuals who have achieved national recognition in the field and are committed to advancing ACMI’s charitable, scientific, literary and educational purposes are eligible for membership. New fellows are elected for life by voting members of ACMI.
Dr. Huang is an internationally recognized leader in bioinformatics and computational pathology. He joined the Regenstrief Institute in 2017 with a joint appointment at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He is director of Data Science and Informatics for Indiana University’s Precision Health Initiative, chair of Genomic Data Science within the initiative, professor in the Department of Medicine, assistant dean for Data Science at the School of Medicine, and a senior investigator for the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. He is also a fellow of the American Institute of Biological and Medical Engineering.
His research focuses on translational bioinformatics, computational pathology, medical imaging, computational biology, integrative genomics tools for precision health, computer vision and machine learning. He applies these tools to improve clinical practice and accelerate scientific discovery, leveraging the Precision Health Initiative to transform patient care.
The AMIA Annual Symposium is the premier event for medical informatics, featuring more than 600 presentations across 150 sessions. The symposium highlights work in translational bioinformatics, clinical research informatics, clinical informatics, consumer health informatics and public health informatics.
Kun Huang, PhD
In addition to being a research scientist with the Clem McDonald Center for Biomedical Informatics at Regenstrief Institute, Kun Huang, PhD, serves as the chair of genomic data science and the director of data science and informatics for the Indiana University Precision Health Initiative. He is the assistant dean for data science at Indiana University School of Medicine.
