Yan Zhuang, Ph.D., FAMIA

Phone:

317-278-5711

Email:

ynzhuang@iu.edu

Website:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ISEhE10AAAAJ

Education

• Ph.D. Health Informatics, University of Missouri-Columbia (2021)
• B.S. (Honors) Electrical Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia (2016)

Academic service

• Associate Editor, Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR)
• Editorial Board Member, SPJ Health Data Science
• Section Editor, Blockchain in Healthcare Today (BHTY)

Biography

Yan Zhuang’s research advances trustworthy, patient-centered health informatics by combining large language models (LLMs) with modern data infrastructure. His work focuses on improving clinical information retrieval and data standardization to enable scalable health information exchange and the generation of real-world evidence.

He also develops distributive and privacy-preserving data sharing and governance methods, including blockchain-enabled approaches, to support responsible use of sensitive health data across institutions. Prior to joining Indiana University Indianapolis, he was a postdoctoral associate at the National Institute of Health Data Science, Peking University, and he served as an adjunct research assistant professor at the Advanced Institute of Information Technology at Peking University.

Research interests

• LLMs for clinical information retrieval, terminology mapping, and data standardization
• Interoperability and health information exchange (EHR integration, FHIR-based data transformation, scalable health data infrastructure)
• Privacy-preserving data sharing, patient consent, and data governance
• Distributed systems and secure computing for health applications

Courses

• INFO-B 512: Scientific and Clinical Data Management
• INFO-B 556: Biological Database Management