AI for bioMedical Sciences Lab

University of Washington · Seattle, United States

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Lab profile

About AIMS Lab

The AIMS Lab transforms how AI is integrated with biomedicine by developing core AI/ML innovations and applying them to biomedical domains. The lab is renowned for pioneering explainable AI (XAI), including the SHAP framework, and drives transformative discoveries in computational biology and medicine using diverse biomedical data including multi-omic, single-cell, images, sequence, clinical data, and text.

Explainable AI (XAI)Foundation ModelsInterpretable Representation LearningAlzheimer's DiseaseAging & RejuvenationCancer Precision MedicineMedical Image AIComputational Biology

01 · People

Leadership and researchers

People listed on the lab’s team pages, by role.

Su-In LeeDirector · Professor
Nicasia Beebe-WangPh.D., Allen School (2023)
Heejin BinUndergraduate Student, Computer Science, AI, KAIST (2025 – present)
Safiye CelikPh.D., Allen School (2018)
Hugh ChenPh.D., Allen School (2022)
Xiaojian ChenPh.D. Student, Allen School (2025 – present)
Ian CovertPh.D., Allen School (2023)
Alex DeGraveMSTP (M.D./Ph.D.) Student, Allen School (2020 – 2024)
Gabriel ErionPh.D., Allen School (2021), M.D./Ph.D., MSTP Program (2023)
Soham GadgilPh.D. Student, Allen School (2022 – present)LinkedIn ↗
Yushan HuangUndergraduate Student, Allen School (2025 – present)
Joseph D. JanizekPh.D., Allen School (2022), M.D./Ph.D., MSTP Program (2024)
Chanwoo KimPh.D. Student, Allen School (2021 – present)

02 · Research intelligence

Research Intelligence evidence

Publications, grants and clinical trials linked to the lab’s researchers in Health AI Central’s research data.

03 · Updates

Updates and lab news

News and events from the lab’s own site.

  • Soham won the best paper runner-up award at CVPR WorkshopAwardJun 18, 2024
  • Our first AIMBA (AI Meets Biology of Aging) meeting has taken placeEventMay 22, 2024
  • Su-In has been awarded the Samsung Ho-Am Prize in EngineeringAwardApr 3, 2024
  • Su-In has become an AIMBE FellowAwardMar 25, 2024
  • Wei and Patrick will lead the inaugural AIMBA meeting (AI Meets Biology of Aging)AnnouncementMar 10, 2024
  • Su-In received the Innovator Award from the International Society of Computational Biology (ISCB)AwardFeb 15, 2024
  • Soham's paper got accepted to ICLR'24PublicationJan 15, 2024
  • Alex's paper got published in Nature BMEPublicationDec 28, 2023

04 · Official presence

Lab sources and channels

The lab’s own pages and accounts.

05 · Related

Related labs and centers

Labs at the same institution and labs working on similar topics.