Dr. Judy Gichoya

Judy Wawira Gichoya, MD, MS, is an associate professor in the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Gichoya serves as co-director in leading the Healthcare AI Innovation and Translational Informatics (HITI) Lab. Trained as both an informatician and an interventional radiologist, Dr. Gichoya's work is centered around using data science to study health equity.
Dr. Gichoya serves as associate editor and program director for the RSNA's Radiology: Artificial Intelligence Trainee Editorial Board and the medical students machine learning elective. She has mentored over 60 students from around the world, many of whom have gone on to become successful faculty members, postdocs, PhD holders, and industry professionals worldwide.
Dr. Gichoya is a member of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She holds professional memberships with the Radiological Society of North America, American College of Radiology, Society of Interventional Radiology, Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine and American Medical Informatics Association.
Dr. Gichoya has received several awards including the Minnie's Most Influential Radiology Researcher Award in 2022. She is also a 2023 Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine Scholar in the National Academy of Medicine and is recognized among the top 50 people influencing life sciences in the 2024 Stat News Status List.