Vijaya B. Kolachalama PhD, FAHA
Associate Professor, Computational Biomedicine
Assistant Professor, Computing & Data Sciences Administration
72 East Concord Street | (617) 358-7253vkola@bu.edu
Sections
Computational Biomedicine
Centers
Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
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.
Education
BS, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
PhD, University of Southampton, UK
Publications
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.
Published on 9/1/2025Jasodanand 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.
Published on 9/1/2025Bellitti 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.
Published on 8/11/2025Jasodanand VH, Kowshik SS, Puducheri S, Romano MF, Xu L, Au R, Kolachalama VB. AI-driven fusion of multimodal data for Alzheimer's disease biomarker assessment. Nat Commun. 2025 Aug 11; 16(1):7407. PMID: 40789853.
Published on 7/25/2025BaniHani D, Eberth JF, Spinale FG, Chitalia VC, Ferdous J, Kolachalama VB, Shazly T. Towards the Integration of an Anti-Contractile Compound Within Drug-Coated Balloon Therapy. Cardiovasc Eng Technol. 2025 Jul 25. PMID: 40716000.
Published on 7/17/2025Yang J, Amini S, Hao B, Park S, Karjadi C, San Souci L, Kolachalama VB, Cosentino S, Andersen SL, Au R, Ch Paschalidis I. Developing an accessible dementia assessment tool: Leveraging a residual network, the trail making test, and demographic data. J Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Sep; 107(1):128-145. PMID: 40676898.
Published on 7/7/2025Jia S, Bit S, Searls E, Lauber MV, Fan P, Wang WM, Claus LA, Jasodanand VH, Veerapaneni D, Au R, Kolachalama VB. PodGPT: an audio-augmented large language model for research and education. NPJ Biomed Innov. 2025; 2(1):26. PMID: 40636401.
Published on 6/21/2025Lennon MJ, Karvelas N, Ganesh A, Whitehead S, Sorond FA, Durán Laforet V, Head E, Arfanakis K, Kolachalama VB, Liu X, Lu H, Ramirez J, Walker K, Weekman E, Wellington CL, Winston C, Barone FC, Corriveau RA. The future of biomarkers for vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID): proceedings of the 2025 annual workshop of the Albert research institute for white matter and cognition. Geroscience. 2025 Jun 21. PMID: 40542975.
Published on 6/12/2025Xu L, Kefella Y, Zhang Y, Conrad RD, Anderson KE, Krysan K, Liu G, Kane E, Pennycuick A, 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. medRxiv. 2025 Jun 12. PMID: 40585088.
Published on 4/30/2025Lteif D, Appapogu D, Bargal SA, Plummer BA, Kolachalama VB. Anatomy-guided, modality-agnostic segmentation of neuroimaging abnormalities. medRxiv. 2025 Apr 30. PMID: 40343040.
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