As a 2024 Schmidt Science Fellow Jia will develop tools that can be used to advance research in improving cancer treatment.
Using a combination of imaging and computational methods, she will endeavor to expand the capabilities of current imaging tools to understand the complex changes in liver tissue during the liver cancer hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
This research will be important in enhancing our understanding of HCC biology and in identifying targets for the design of safer and more effective therapeutic strategies. The developed tool could be potentially applied to other research areas in the future.
Interdisciplinary Pivot: Immunology to Biological Imaging