Overview
Alex, is an Assistant Professor of Research in Systems and Computational Biomedicine and an Assistant Professor of Research in Computational Biomedicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, the Director of AI-XR Lab, and the Director of AI and XR at the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine at Weil Cornell Medicine.
He develops software solutions for the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine and Institute for Computational Biomedicine with projects spanning over healthcare system design, LIMS, and pipeline design for computational genomic analysis. His research interest focus is on leveraging AI and Medical Extended Reality technologies in a translational manner benefiting patients but also towards teaching the future of medicine in a plethora of medical domains including Precision Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Embryology, Otorhinolaryngology, Cardiology, Pathology, Radiology and Medical Education.
A Fulbright scholar recipient, Alex earned his master's in Computer Science from Columbia University. While at Columbia, Alex worked as a researcher at Prof. Allen’s Robotics Lab focusing on medical robotics for surgery and brain-computer interfaces.
Publications
Funding
Active
1 grant- Co-IOT2OD032720-01Voice as a Biomarker of Health: Building an Ethically Sourced, Bioaccoustic Database to Understand Disease Like Never BeforeOffice of the Director, NIH · 2022–2026 · via University of South Florida· 2 renewals
News mentions
- Students Design AI-Powered Health Solutions at Cornell Health HackathonMarch 19, 2026
More than 100 students from across Cornell campuses and 17 other universities gathered in New York City March 6–8 for the Cornell Health AI Hackathon.
- USF Health, Weill Cornell Medicine Earn Inaugural Funding in NIH’s Newly Launched Bridge2AI Initiative, will Create Artificial Intelligence Platform for Using Voice to Diagnose DiseaseSeptember 13, 2022
Artificial intelligence may soon help doctors diagnose and treat diseases, including cancer and depression, based on the sound of a patient’s voice, as 12 leading research institutions launch a landmark National Institutes of Health-funded academic project that may establish voice as a biomarker used in clinical care.
Mentoring
- SMSalah MerghoubWCM, AI-XR Lab | Englander Institute for Precision Medicine & Meyer Cancer Center Summer Intern · Class of 2026
- NBNeil BhavsarWCM, Resident, Emergency Department · Class of 2024
- YLYingshi LiangWCM, AI-XR Lab | WCM Graduate Student - Thesis · Class of 2023
- HXHaiyue XiWCM, AI-XR Lab | Cornell Tech Graduate Research – Specialization Project · Class of 2022
- HLHaohua LiuWCM, AI-XR Lab | Cornell Tech Graduate Research – Specialization Project · Class of 2022
- MKMichael KelleherWCM, AI-XR Lab | Cornell Tech Graduate Research – Specialization Project · Class of 2022
- NPNatalia PerezWCM, AI-XR Lab | WCM ACCESS Summer Intern · Class of 2022