Kyle Lafata
Thaddeus V. Samulski Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
Overview
Kyle Lafata is the Thaddeus V. Samulski Assistant Professor at Duke University in the Departments of Radiation Oncology, Radiology, Medical Physics, and Electrical & Computer Engineering. After earning his PhD in Medical Physics in 2018, he completed postdoctoral training at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in the Big Data Scientist Training Enhancement Program. Prof. Lafata has broad expertise in imaging science, digital pathology, computer vision, biophysics, and applied mathematics. His dissertation work focused on the applied analysis of stochastic differential equations and high-dimensional radiomic phenotyping, where he developed physics-based computational methods and soft-computing paradigms to interrogate images. These included stochastic modeling, self-organization, and quantum machine learning (i.e., an emerging branch of research that explores the methodological and structural similarities between quantum systems and learning systems).
Prof. Lafata has worked in various areas of computational medicine and biology, resulting in 39 peer-reviewed journal publications, 15 invited talks, and more than 50 national conference presentations. At Duke, the Lafata Lab focuses on the theory, development, and application of multiscale computational biomarkers. Using computational and mathematical methods, they study the appearance and behavior of disease across different physical length-scales (i.e., radiomics ~10−3 m, pathomics ~10−6 m, and genomics ~10−9 m) and time-scales (e.g., the natural history of disease, response to treatment). The overarching goal of the lab is to develop and apply new technology that transforms imaging into basic science findings and computational biomarker discovery.
Positions
Thaddeus V. Samulski Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology in the School of Medicine
2023 School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology in the School of Medicine
2021 School of Medicine
Assistant Professor in Radiology in the School of Medicine
2022 School of Medicine
Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Pratt School of Engineering
2021 Pratt School of Engineering
Assistant Professor of Pathology in the School of Medicine
2023 School of Medicine
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute in the School of Medicine
2020 School of Medicine
Education
Ph.D. 2018
2018 Duke University
C. 2018
2018 Duke University
Postdoctoral Associate, Radiation Oncology/Radiation Physics Division
2020 Duke University School of Medicine
Publications, Grants & Awards
- Grants (4)
- Academics Articles (41)
- Conference Pages (48)
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
J Magn Reson Imaging
Radiology: Artificial Intelligence
J Magn Reson Imaging
Abdom Radiol (Ny)
Frontiers in Oncology
Abdom Radiol (Ny)
J Magn Reson Imaging
J Magn Reson Imaging
Frontiers in Oncology
Journal of Medical Imaging (Bellingham, Wash.)
Radiol Imaging Cancer
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery
Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express
Frontiers in Oncology
Scientific Reports
Phys Med Biol
Quarterly of Applied Mathematics
Advances in Radiation Oncology
Phys Med Biol
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys
Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy
Conference Proceedings Ieee Southeastcon
Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of Spie
Proceedings - 23rd IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing Workshops, CCGridW 2023
Proceedings - 2023 IEEE Cloud Summit, Cloud Summit 2023
Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Digital Health, ICDH 2023
Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of Spie
Modern Pathology : an Official Journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc
Laboratory Investigation
Medical Physics
Medical Physics
Laboratory Investigation
Modern Pathology : an Official Journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc
Frontiers in Oncology
Medical Physics
Medical Physics
Medical Physics
Medical Physics
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
Medical Physics
Medical Physics
Medical Physics
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
Medical Physics
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
Medical Physics
Medical Physics
Offices & Contact
Durham, NC
27710 Radiation Physics, Box 3295 DUMC
Durham, NC
27710