Associate Directors


Associate Directors of Education

Benjamin Schickle PhD

Benjamin Shickel, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine shickelb@ufl.edu

Associate Directors of Research

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Tyler J. Loftus, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine tloftus@ufl.edu

Pinaki Sarder

Pinaki Sarder, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine pinaki.sarder@ufl.edu

Assistant Director for Research

Wei Shao

Wei Shao, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine weishao@ufl.edu

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Yulia A. Levites Strekalova, PhD, MBA

Assistant Professor, Health Services Research, UF College of Public Health and Health Professions, and Director of Educational Development & Evaluation, UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute yulias@ufl.edu

Lead of AI Collab Hub

Masoud Rouhizadeh

Masoud Rouhizadeh, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, University of Florida College of Pharmacy mrouhizadeh@ufl.edu

Associate Director of AI Alignment

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Barbara J. Evans, PhD

Professor of Law, Professor of Engineering, University of Florida Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering evans@law.ufl.edu

Kuang Gong, PhD

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, J. Clayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering. kgong@ufl.edu

Kuang Gong, PhD, Assistant Director for Education

Thinh Nguyen, J.D.

Legal Skills Professor, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Director, Innovation and Entreprenuership Clinic, Assistant Director For AI Education IC3. nguyenthinh@ufl.edu

Thinh Nguyen, PhD, Legal Skills Professor, Director, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Clinic, Assistant Director for AI Education, IC3. nguyenthinh@ufl.edu