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Frederick Howard

Section of Hematology / Oncology

Assistant Professor of Medicine

fhoward1@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

Academic Interests

Dr. Howard’s research focuses on answering several important questions at the intersection of digital health and breast medical oncology: 1) Can artificial intelligence be used to identify good responders to standard neoadjuvant chemotherapy to better personalize treatment decisions? 2) Can deep learning use readily available pathologic and imaging data to improve upon or supplement existing genomic biomarkers in breast cancer in order to reduce cost, prevent unnecessary treatment delays, and improve access to biomarkers? and 3) Given the rapid growth of big data / artificial intelligence tools in oncology, what safeguards need to be in place to ensure these tools do not recapitulate healthcare disparities that are currently prevalent in cancer care?

Clinical Interests

Breast Cancer, Biomarker Development, Clinical Trials

Publications

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Training

BA, 2007, Cornell University, Biology, Chemistry and Economics
MD, 2015, University of Michigan
Residency, 2018, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Internal Medicine
Chief Resident, 2019, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Internal Medicine
Clinical Fellow, 2022, University of Chicago, Hematology-Oncology