Summary
Sunyang Fu is an academic and informatics leader with nine years of experience bridging clinical research, responsible AI, and reproducible NLP methods. As Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Team Science at UTHealth Houston, and Vice Chair of AMIA’s NLP Working Group, she focuses on data quality, heterogeneity, and AI reproducibility for clinical applications. Her background spans hands-on roles at Mayo Clinic and Michigan Medicine, giving her practical expertise in deploying data science in healthcare settings. She holds a PhD in Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology from the University of Minnesota and blends technical rigor with team science to translate research into reproducible clinical tools. An underappreciated strength is her dual fluency in informatics and academic leadership, enabling her to shape both technical standards and faculty development.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology at University of Minnesota
Master's degree Health Informatics, Master's degree Health Informatics at University of Michigan
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA Management Information Systems Finance, Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA Management Information Systems Finance at The University of Iowa Tippie College of Business