Abstract

How do groundbreaking medical technologies emerge — and what roles do physics, engineering, and machine learning play in shaping the future of healthcare? In this talk, Dr. Wang will share a personal and historical journey about innovations in biomedicine, beginning with the development of proton therapy at Massachusetts General Hospital — a landmark example of physics-driven clinical impact. We'll explore the innovation ecosystem of Boston, where academia, hospitals, and startups converge, as well as the entrepreneurial models at MIT and Stanford. As the field of oncology evolves, we’ll discuss how machine learning is transforming radiation therapy and enabling new insights from multi-omics data.

Bio.

Dr. Chia-Chun Wang is an Attending Physician and Clinical Assistant Professor at the National Taiwan University Cancer Center. His research focuses on applying machine learning to research synthesis, medical image analysis, and radiation oncology. Clinically, he is focused on the care of patients with breast cancer, genitourinary cancers, and sarcoma. He received his MD from National Taiwan University Medical School and PhD in biostatistics from the Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at National Taiwan University. He also worked as a research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, where he conducted research on outcome modeling and potential biomarkers in proton therapy.

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