Vijaya B. Kolachalama, PhD, FAHA

Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

We are a highly interdisciplinary research group, bringing together trainees and scientists from computer science, neuroscience, bioinformatics, physics, computing and data sciences, electrical and computer engineering, and medicine. We actively collaborate with clinicians and domain experts across diverse specialties and institutions globally. This unique convergence of disciplines has enabled us to publish across the full spectrum of scientific inquiry, from top-tier journals like Nature Medicine to premier computer science venues such as the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML). Our mission is to create methods to fit the science and not make science fit the methods. Together, we are advancing impactful science at the intersection of AI and human health.

Publications

  • Published 11/1/2025

    Au R, Bose N, Imam F, Kolachalama VB. Technological advances enabling an enhanced understanding of early Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Nov; 21(11):e70883. PMID: 41177895.

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  • Published 10/1/2025

    Puducheri S, Zhou OT, Kapadia K, Romano MF, Yalamanchili S, Agrawal A, Carlota Andreu-Arasa V, Farris CW, Mian AZ, Paul AB, Rohatgi S, Setty BN, Small JE, Kolachalama VB. Augmenting radiological assessment of imaging evident dementias with radiomic analysis. NPJ Dement. 2025; 1(1):27. PMID: 41048330.

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  • Published 10/1/2025

    Lteif D, Appapogu D, Bargal SA, Plummer BA, Kolachalama VB. Anatomy-Guided, Modality-Agnostic Segmentation of Neuroimaging Abnormalities. Hum Brain Mapp. 2025 Oct 01; 46(14):e70329. PMID: 40958458.

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  • Published 9/1/2025

    Jasodanand VH, Bellitti M, Kolachalama VB. An AI-first framework for multimodal data in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Sep; 21(9):e70719. PMID: 40983947.

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  • Published 9/1/2025

    Bellitti M, Lauber MV, Searls E, Lin H, Au R, Kolachalama VB. Practice effects on digital cognitive assessment tools: insights from the defense automated neurobehavioral assessment battery. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Sep; 21(9):e70644. PMID: 40911708.

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Other Positions

  • Member, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute
    Boston University
  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University
  • Assistant Professor, Computing & Data Sciences Administration
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences

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Education

  • Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, BS
  • University of Southampton, UK, PhD

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