Jun Deng, PhD
Professor of Therapeutic Radiology; Associate Director for Physics Research and Education, Therapeutic Radiology
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Biography
Dr. Jun Deng is a Professor at the Department of Therapeutic Radiology of Yale University School of Medicine and an ABR board certified medical physicist at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Dr. Deng obtained his PhD from University of Virginia in 1998 and finished his postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University in 2001. Dr. Deng has been serving on the Editorial Board of numerous peer-reviewed journals, on the study section of NIH, NSF, DOD, ACS, RSNA and ASTRO since 2005, and as scientific reviewer for various Science Foundations and institutions in Europe and Asia since 2015. Currently with funding from NIH, NSF and DOE, Dr. Deng’s research has been focused on artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, and medical imaging for cancer early detection and prevention, real-time clinical decision support for precision radiotherapy, as well as digital twin modeling of cancer patients.
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral FellowshipStanford University (2001)
- PhDUniversity of Virginia (1998)
- BSSichuan University (1991)
Activities
- Visiting Scholar and Invited Lectures at Five Medical Institutions in UKUnited Kingdom 2012
- Visiting Scholar and Invited Lectures at Six Medical Institutions in ChinaChina 2009
Honors & Recognition
| Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Research Grant Award | NCI-DOE | 2020 |
| Research Grant Award | NSF | 2019 |
| Visiting Professorship | Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University in St Louis | 2019 |
| M.A. Privatim | Yale University | 2018 |
| R01 Research Grant Award | NIH | 2016 |
| Visiting Professorship | Department of Radiation Oncology, Cleveland Clinic | 2014 |
| Fellow | American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) | 2013 |
| Visiting Professorship | Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center | 2011 |
| AAPM-IPEM Medical Physics Travel Grant | AAPM | 2011 |
| IGRT Symposium Travel Grant | ASTRO | 2009 |
| Medical Physics Travel Grant | AAPM | 2008 |
| Fellow | Institute of Physics | 2004 |
| Basic Science Travel Award | ASTRO | 2000 |
| Graduate Student Travel Award | Gordon Research Conference | 1998 |
| Outstanding Graduate Award | Sichuan University, China | 1991 |
| GuangHua Scholarship | Sichuan University, China | 1990 |
Professional Service
| Organization | Role | Date |
|---|---|---|
| American Institute of Biological Sciences | Reviewer | 2021 - Present |
| Community Research Fellowship Program, Yale Cancer Center | Mentor | 2021 - Present |
| CT Cancer Survivorship Workgroup | Member | 2021 - Present |
| NSF | Reviewer | 2020 - Present |
| Cancer Research UK | Reviewer | 2020 - Present |
| UK Medical Research Council (MRC) | Reviewer | 2020 - Present |
| CT Lung Cancer Workgroup | Member | 2020 - Present |
| Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence | Artificial Intelligence for Precision Medicine Research Topic | 2020 - Present |
| American Cancer Society (ACS) - IRG | Reviewer | 2019 - Present |
| PRMRP/DOD | DOD PRMRP MSD panel | 2019 - Present |
| Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research | Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research | 2019 - Present |
| Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence | Big Data Analytics for Precision Health and Prevention Special Research Topic | 2019 |
| ASTRO | Digital Health Innovation and Informatics Track, ASTRO annual meeting education committee | 2018 - Present |
| Frontiers in Big Data | Associate Editor | 2018 - Present |
| Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence | Associate Editor | 2018 - Present |
| CDMRP/DOD | Lung Cancer Research Program Study Section | 2018 - Present |
| UK Breast Cancer Now | UK Breast Cancer Now | 2018 - Present |
| Frontiers in Oncology | Machine Learning with Radiation Oncology Big Data Special Research Topic | 2017 - 2018 |
| Frontiers in Oncology | Associate Editor | 2017 - Present |
| NIH | NIH/NCI Study Section | 2017 - Present |
| KWF Kankerbestrijding (Dutch Cancer Society) | Reviewer | 2016 - Present |
| NEMA | DICOM Committee, Working Group-07 (Radiotherapy) | 2016 - Present |
| Children’s Oncology Group (COG) | COG Radiation Oncology, Pediatric IGRT Working Group | 2016 - Present |
| Dutch Cancer Society | KWF Kankerbestrijding, Netherlands | 2016 - Present |
| ASTRO | Annual Meeting Education Committee | 2015 - Present |
| RSNA | Scientific Program Committee | 2014 - Present |
| RSNA | Oncologic Imaging and Therapies Task Force | 2014 - Present |
| European Science Foundation | Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology | 2014 - Present |
| American Journal of Cancer Therapy and Pharmacology | Board Member | 2013 - 2018 |
| International Journal of Medical Physics | Board Member | 2013 - 2015 |
| Open Journal of Clinical Diagnostics | Board Member | 2012 - 2013 |
| ASTRO | Research Evaluation Committee | 2012 - 2015 |
| ASTRO | Annual Meeting Scientific Committee | 2012 - Present |
| IEEE International Conference on Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurement Systems | Chairperson | 2012 |
| World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering | Chairperson | 2012 |
| RSNA | Research & Education Foundation Study Section | 2012 - Present |
| ASTRO | Research Grants Evaluation Study Section | 2012 - Present |
| Connecticut Area Medical Physics Society (CAMPS), AAPM | President | 2012 - Present |
| AAPM | Task Group No. 180 Modeling and Accounting for the Imaging Guidance Radiation Doses to Radiotherapy Patients in Treatment Planning | 2011 - Present |
| World Cancer Congress | Chairperson | 2010 |
| Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) | Member | 2010 - Present |
| Yale Cancer Center | Member | 2009 - Present |
| AAPM | Asian Oceanic Affairs Subcommittee | 2008 - 2010 |
| AAPM | Medical Physics Residency Training and Promotion Subcommittee | 2008 - 2010 |
| AAPM | Joint Working Group for Research Seed Funding Initiative | 2007 - 2013 |
| AAPM | Imaging Physics Curricula Subcommittee | 2007 - 2014 |
| AAPM | Task Group No. 157 Commissioning of beam models in Monte Carlo-based clinical treatment planning | 2007 - Present |
| AAPM | Task Group 131 Medical Physics Training in Developing Countries in the region | 2006 - 2010 |
| American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) | Member | 2006 - Present |
| CDMRP/DOD | Prostate Cancer Research Program Study Section | 2005 - 2011 |
| Physics in Medicine and Biology | Board Member | 2003 - 2018 |
| American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) | Member | 2002 - Present |
| Medical Physics | Associate Editor | 2002 - 2018 |
Departments & Organizations
- Center for Biomedical Data Science
- Deng Lab
- Office of Cooperative Research
- Radiobiology & Radiotherapy
- Therapeutic Radiology
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Conference of Artificial Intelligence for Precision Medicine
- Yale University