Hao Zhou

Hao Zhou is an accomplished AI Data Scientist at Optum, focusing on the development of end-to-end NLP models for medical coding and billing of clinical charts since April 2023. Previous experience includes working as a Data Scientist at Change Healthcare, specializing in clinical chart NLP and dental imaging segmentation. At the University of Washington, Hao Zhou served as a Senior Fellow from September 2017 to June 2022, engaging in medical imaging processing and quantitative analysis, alongside development of algorithms for 2D and 3D biomedical images. Past roles also include a Research Assistant for Cancer Therapy at Drexel University, where work involved image processing of nanoparticles, and positions at the University of Pennsylvania as a Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant in polymer synthesis. Academic credentials include a PhD in Biomaterial Engineering from Drexel University and a Bachelor's degree in Polymer Science and Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China.