Cong Liu is an Assistant Professor and experienced data scientist who applies 15+ years of expertise in machine learning, genomics, and health IT to translational research and clinical AI deployment. He leads a $5M NIH-funded program managing 15+ people across three clinical sites and has driven practical AI systems at Boston Children's Hospital that streamline genetic services from triage to test ordering. His work spans building multimodal pipelines—such as EHR-driven rare disease identification, polygenic risk score validation in eMERGE, and Doc2Hpo for phenotype extraction—and integrating results into Epic for clinical use. A PhD-trained bioinformatician who publishes and secures grants consistently, he combines hands-on pipeline engineering with cross-site productization, and has notable experience applying cfDNA 5-hmC profiling and ML for early cancer detection.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Biology General, Bachelor's degree Biology General at Fudan University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Bioinformatics at University of Illinois Chicago
Contributions:1 PR, 64 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
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