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photo Yu-Chiao Chiu, PhD

Hematology/Oncology

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology

Member, Cancer Therapeutics Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

Member, Pittsburgh Liver Research Center

Graduate Faculty, Joint Carnegie Mellon-University of Pittsburgh Ph.D. Program in Computational Biology (CPCB)

Graduate Faculty, Ph.D. Program in Integrative Systems Biology (ISB)

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Education and Training
Education
PhD, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 2015
BS, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2010
Training
Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 2022
Research Interest
Dr. Chiu's research interests include bioinformatics, machine learning, cancer genomics, and pharmacogenomics. The goal of his research is to systematically model genomics and pharmacogenomics to study cancer biology and improve cancer therapy.

He is the recipient of a NIH/NCI K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award for his work to develop deep learning methods that extract multi-omic signatures to predict the responses of pediatric cancer cells to chemical and genetic perturbations. He has received grants for his work from the Fund for Innovation in Cancer Informatics (ICI), the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Developmental Pilot Program, Pittsburgh Liver Research Center (PLRC) Pilot & Feasibility Grant, and the San Antonio Life Sciences Institute (SALSI).

Dr. Chiu has published more than 100 research articles in high-impact clinical and computational journals and conference papers/abstracts. He has been an active member of the academic enterprise, teaching and mentoring others. Dr. Chiu has also received patents for his work to predict prognosis of patients with acute myeloid leukemia.
Publications
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Selected Publications:
Nayak, T, Wang, LJ, Ning, M, Rubannelsonkumar, G, Jin, E, Zheng, S, Houghton, PJ, Huang, Y, Chiu, YC, Chen, Y. DepLink: an R Shiny app to systematically link genetic and pharmacologic dependencies of cancer. Bioinformatics Advances. 2023; vbad076.
Chiu YC, Zheng S, Wang LJ, Iskra BS, Rao MK, Houghton PJ, Huang Y, Chen Y. Predicting and characterizing a cancer dependency map of tumors with deep learning. Science Advances. 2021; 7(34).
Ramirez R, Chiu YC, Zhang S, Ramirez J, Chen Y, Huang Y, Jin YF. Prediction and interpretation of cancer survival using graph convolution neural networks. Methods. 2021; 192: 120-130.
Chiu YC, Chen HH, Gorthi A, Mostavi M, Zheng S, Huang Y, Chen Y. Deep learning of pharmacogenomics resources: moving towards precision oncology. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 2020; 21(6): 2066-83.
Chiu YC, Chen HH, Zhang T, Zhang S, Gorthi A, Wang LJ, Huang Y, Chen Y. Predicting drug response of tumors from integrated genomic profiles by deep neural networks. BMC Medical Genomics. 2019; 12.
Chiu YC, Hsiao TH, Tsai JR, Wang LJ, Ho TC, Hsu SL, Teng CJ. Integrating resistance functions to predict response to induction chemotherapy in de novo acute myeloid leukemia. European Journal of Haematology. 2019; 103(4): 417-425.
Chiu YC, Hsiao TH, Wang LJ, Chen Y, Shao YJ. scdNet: a computational tool for single-cell differential network analysis. BMC Systems Biology. 2018; 12.
Chiu YC, Hsiao TH, Wang LJ, Chen Y, Chuang EY. Analyzing differential regulatory networks modulated by continuous-state genomic features in glioblastoma multiforme. IEEE/ACM transactions on computational biology and bioinformatics. 2018; 15(6): 1754-64.
Chiu YC, Tsai MH, Chou WC, Liu YC, Kuo YY, Hou HA, Lu TP, Lai LC, Chen Y, Tien HF, Chuang EY. Prognostic significance of NPM1 mutation-modulated microRNA-mRNA regulation in acute myeloid leukemia. Leukemia. 2016; 30(2): 274-84.
Chuang MK, Chiu YC, Chou WC, Hou HA, Chuang EY, Tien HF. A 3-microRNA scoring system for prognostication in de novo acute myeloid leukemia patients. Leukemia. 2015; 29(5): 1051-9.
Notable Achievements
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Developmental Pilot Program, 2023
Pittsburgh Liver Research Center (PLRC) Pilot & Feasibility Grant, 2023
Organizing Committee, IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI), 2023
Hillman Early Career Fellow for Innovative Cancer Research, 2022
Session Chair, International Conference on Intelligent Biology and Medicine (ICIBM), 2022
Session Chair, IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), 2021
NIH/NCI K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award, 2020
The Fund for Innovation in Cancer Informatics – Major Grant, 2020
Fellowship Award and TransMed COSI Best Oral Presentation Award – Third Prize, Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB), 2020
Ann A. Hollocher Trainee Travel Award, University of Texas Health San Antonio, 2019

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Geriatric Medicine
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Infectious Diseases

Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine

Renal-Electrolyte

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology

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