Hoifung Poon

Hoifung Poon is a General Manager at Microsoft, leading biomedical AI research and incubation since August 2011, with a focus on real-world evidence generation for precision health. Notable roles include Senior Director of Biomedical NLP, where leadership of a team advanced machine reading for clinical applications, and Principal Researcher managing key projects aimed at enhancing machine learning and natural language processing in precision medicine. Prior experience includes a research assistant position at the University of Washington, where machine learning methods were developed, a research internship at Microsoft, and a software architect role at Entigo, where development of a B2B application framework occurred. Hoifung Poon holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Washington and a B.S. in Computer Science from Sun Yat-sen University.