Dr. Da Ma is an Assistant Professor and Affiliate Member at the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Wake Forest University. He received his Ph.D. in medical biomedical imaging from University College London. His area of expertise includes medical image computing and computational anatomy, particularly in the context of neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Ma is focused on building clinically explainable machine-learning models within artificial intelligence for differential diagnosis and early detection of disease prognosis in retinal and brain diseases. He emphasizes data enhancement and harmonization in ophthalmic imaging, such as OCT, and neuroimaging, like MRI, to develop clinically translatable prediction models. His research is notably translational, striving to connect computational method development to clinical implementable pipelines. Furthermore, Dr. Ma is eager to collaborate with researchers from diverse backgrounds, including clinical researchers and imaging scientists. Outside of his professional work, he enjoys nature and sports, with swimming and boating as his favorite hobbies.
Wake Forest University • Winston-Salem, NC, US
Teaching and conducting research in biomedical informatics with a focus on neurodegenerative diseases.