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 4/16/2026

    Ahangaran M, Jia S, Chitalia S, Athavale A, Francis JM, O'Donnell MW, Bavi SR, Gupta UD, Kolachalama VB. Performance of open-source large language models on nephrology self-assessment program. medRxiv. 2026 Apr 16. PMID: 42064960.

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  • Published 4/8/2026

    Xu L, Kefella Y, Zhang Y, Conrad RD, Anderson KE, Krysan K, Liu G, Kane E, Pennycuick A, Merrick DT, Janes SM, Reid ME, Burks EJ, Billatos E, Mazzilli SA, Kolachalama VB, Beane JE. Attention-based deep learning for analysis of pathology images and gene expression data in lung squamous premalignant lesions. Genome Med. 2026 Apr 08; 18(1). PMID: 41952176.

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  • Published 3/23/2026

    Kowshik SS, Jasodanand VH, Bellitti M, Puducheri S, Xu L, Liu Y, Saichandran KS, Dwyer BC, Gabelle A, Hao H, Kedar S, Murman DL, O'Shea SA, Saint-Hilaire MH, Samudra NP, Sartor EA, Swaminathan A, Taraschenko O, Yuan J, Au R, Kolachalama VB. Domain-adapted language model using reinforcement learning for various dementias. medRxiv. 2026 Mar 23. PMID: 41929317.

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  • Published 3/16/2026

    Pinheiro A, Karjadi C, Tripodis Y, Kolachalama VB, Lunetta K, Demissie S, Liu C, Au R, Mohammed S. Predicting cognitive impairment using novel functional features of spatial proximity and circularity in the digital clock drawing test. medRxiv. 2026 Mar 16. PMID: 41891039.

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  • Published 2/13/2026

    Decker JW, BaniHani D, HonShideler C, Lotfollahzadeh S, Wu Wong DJ, Farber A, Siracuse JJ, Idrees N, Dember L, Bader M, Ganguli S, Kolachalama V, Shazly T, Chitalia VC. Intravascular Ultrasound is More Accurate Than Angiography in Arteriovenous Vascular Access Lesions. Kidney360. 2026 Feb 13. PMID: 41686504.

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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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