Vijaya B. Kolachalama, PhD, FAHA
Associate Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
Computational Biomedicine

BS, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
PhD, University of Southampton, UK



We are a highly interdisciplinary research group, bringing together trainees and scientists from computer science, neuroscience, bioinformatics, physics, computing and data sciences, electrical and computer engineering, and medicine. We actively collaborate with clinicians and domain experts across diverse specialties and institutions globally. This unique convergence of disciplines has enabled us to publish across the full spectrum of scientific inquiry, from top-tier journals like Nature Medicine to premier computer science venues such as the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML). Our mission is to create methods to fit the science and not make science fit the methods. Together, we are advancing impactful science at the intersection of AI and human health.

Member
Boston University
Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute


Member
Boston University
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research


Assistant Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences
Computing & Data Sciences Administration




Digital Neurodegenerative Pathology After Repetitive Head Impacts
05/07/2025 - 04/30/2030 (Multi-PI)
PI: Vijaya B. Kolachalama, PhD, FAHA
NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
1R01NS142076-01

Digital Cognitive Assessment of Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
08/01/2024 - 04/30/2029 (Multi-PI)
PI: Vijaya B. Kolachalama, PhD, FAHA
NIH/National Institute on Aging
5R01AG083735-02

Cognitive heterogeneity in those with high Alzheimer's Disease Risk
12/01/2024 - 11/30/2028 (Multi-PI)
PI: Vijaya B. Kolachalama, PhD, FAHA
NIH/National Institute on Aging
2R01AG062109-02A1

Mechanisms of drug-coated balloon therapy
09/01/2021 - 08/31/2026 (PI)
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
5R01HL159620-04

I-Corps: Translation Potential of a Diagnostic Solution to Assess Cognitive Decline
11/15/2024 - 10/31/2025 (PI)
National Science Foundation
TI-2438657

Penn Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory for Healthy Aging
01/01/2025 - 05/31/2025 (Subcontract PI)
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania NIH NIA
5P30AG073105-04

Utilizing Technology and AI Approaches to Facilitate Independence and Resilience in Older Adults
06/01/2023 - 12/31/2024 (Multi-PI)
PI: Vijaya B. Kolachalama, PhD, FAHA
The Johns Hopkins University NIH NIA
5P30AG073104-04

Smartphone image analysis for real time adequacy assessment during kidney biopsy
09/15/2022 - 08/31/2024 (Multi-PI)
PI: Vijaya B. Kolachalama, PhD, FAHA
Arkana Laboratories NIH NIDDK
1R43DK134273-01

PRISTINE: Pre-cancer histology identification of Endobronchial biopsies using deep learning
09/01/2020 - 08/31/2024 (Multi-PI)
PI: Vijaya B. Kolachalama, PhD, FAHA
NIH/National Cancer Institute
1R21CA253498-01

Integrated Digital Technology Platform for Optimization of Precision Brain Health
07/01/2020 - 06/30/2024 (Multi-PI)
PI: Vijaya B. Kolachalama, PhD, FAHA
American Heart Association


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Predicting gene expression from pathology images in diabetic kidney disease
07/01/2021 - 06/30/2022 (PI)
NIDDK - DIABETIC COMPLICATIONS CONSORTIUM (DiaComp)

Toffler Scholar in Neuroscience
01/01/2021 - 12/31/2021 (PI)
The Karen Toffler Charitable Trust

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  1. Au R, Bose N, Imam F, Kolachalama VB. Technological advances enabling an enhanced understanding of early Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Nov; 21(11):e70883.View Related Profiles. PMID: 41177895; PMCID: PMC12580246; DOI: 10.1002/alz.70883;
     
  2. Puducheri S, Zhou OT, Kapadia K, Romano MF, Yalamanchili S, Agrawal A, Carlota Andreu-Arasa V, Farris CW, Mian AZ, Paul AB, Rohatgi S, Setty BN, Small JE, Kolachalama VB. Augmenting radiological assessment of imaging evident dementias with radiomic analysis. NPJ Dement. 2025; 1(1):27.View Related Profiles. PMID: 41048330; PMCID: PMC12488479; DOI: 10.1038/s44400-025-00031-1;
     
  3. Lteif D, Appapogu D, Bargal SA, Plummer BA, Kolachalama VB. Anatomy-Guided, Modality-Agnostic Segmentation of Neuroimaging Abnormalities. Hum Brain Mapp. 2025 Oct 01; 46(14):e70329. PMID: 40958458; PMCID: PMC12441204; DOI: 10.1002/hbm.70329;
     
  4. Jasodanand VH, Bellitti M, Kolachalama VB. An AI-first framework for multimodal data in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Sep; 21(9):e70719.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40983947; PMCID: PMC12453944; DOI: 10.1002/alz.70719;
     
  5. Bellitti M, Lauber MV, Searls E, Lin H, Au R, Kolachalama VB. Practice effects on digital cognitive assessment tools: insights from the defense automated neurobehavioral assessment battery. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Sep; 21(9):e70644.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40911708; PMCID: PMC12412751; DOI: 10.1002/alz.70644;
     
  6. Jasodanand VH, Kowshik SS, Puducheri S, Romano MF, Xu L, Au R, Kolachalama VB. AI-driven fusion of multimodal data for Alzheimer's disease biomarker assessment. Nat Commun. 2025 Aug 11; 16(1):7407.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40789853; PMCID: PMC12339743; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-62590-4;
     
  7. BaniHani D, Eberth JF, Spinale FG, Chitalia VC, Ferdous J, Kolachalama VB, Shazly T. Towards the Integration of an Anti-Contractile Compound Within Drug-Coated Balloon Therapy. Cardiovasc Eng Technol. 2025 Dec; 16(6):611-623.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40716000
     
  8. Yang J, Amini S, Hao B, Park S, Karjadi C, San Souci L, Kolachalama VB, Cosentino S, Andersen SL, Au R, Ch Paschalidis I. Developing an accessible dementia assessment tool: Leveraging a residual network, the trail making test, and demographic data. J Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Sep; 107(1):128-145.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40676898; DOI: 10.1177/13872877251359889;
     
  9. Jia S, Bit S, Searls E, Lauber MV, Fan P, Wang WM, Claus LA, Jasodanand VH, Veerapaneni D, Au R, Kolachalama VB. PodGPT: an audio-augmented large language model for research and education. NPJ Biomed Innov. 2025; 2(1):26.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40636401; PMCID: PMC12234354; DOI: 10.1038/s44385-025-00022-0;
     
  10. Lennon MJ, Karvelas N, Ganesh A, Whitehead S, Sorond FA, Durán Laforet V, Head E, Arfanakis K, Kolachalama VB, Liu X, Lu H, Ramirez J, Walker K, Weekman E, Wellington CL, Winston C, Barone FC, Corriveau RA. The future of biomarkers for vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID): proceedings of the 2025 annual workshop of the Albert research institute for white matter and cognition. Geroscience. 2025 Jun 21. PMID: 40542975; PMCID: PMC12634942; DOI: 10.1007/s11357-025-01746-y;
     
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Can Large Language Models Eliminate Biases in Health Care?

Neurology Today 6/5/2025

AI tool improves diagnostic accuracy for dementia by 26%

? Medical Economics 8/28/2024

AI Can Diagnose 10 Types of Dementia

Futurity 7/11/2024

Diagnosing different forms of dementia now possible using AI, study finds

Medical Xpress 7/8/2024

Diagnosing dementia is complicated. An algorithm could change that

The Sydney Morning Herald 7/5/2024

AI Predicts Dementia Risk from Speech Years in Advance

Psychology Today 7/4/2024

BU Ignition Awards to Accelerate Products for Repairing Damaged Teeth, Fighting Cancer, Boosting Reading Skills, and More

The Brink 9/19/2023

From mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's: Predicting risk

Medical News Today 8/10/2023

BU Researchers Look To Quantify The Risk Of Alzheimer's Disease Progression

WBZ Radio 8/4/2023

Best of The Brink 2022: BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories

BU Today 12/13/2022

Alzheimer's-Diagnosing AI Better Than Medical Experts? New Study Shows It Can Solve Physician Shortage

Tech Times 8/3/2022

Two Technologies That Can Make Diagnosing Dementia Easier for Doctors and Patients

Mirage News 6/25/2022

AI may detect dementia just as well as doctors: study

The Hill 6/21/2022

Artificial intelligence may diagnose dementia as accurately as clinicians

United Press International 6/20/2022

Researchers develop novel AI algorithm for digital pathology analysis

Longevity Technology 5/26/2022

Researchers Create New AI-Based Techniques for Analyzing Digital Pathology Data

AzoRobotics 5/24/2022

Novel AI algorithm developed for assessing digital pathology data

News Medical 5/23/2022

Artificial intelligence aids nephrologists in directing kidney care

Healio 6/10/2021

New Measure to Determine Severity of Knee Osteoarthritis with AI

AZO Robotics 5/13/2021

Artificial Intelligence Boosts Alzheimer’s Disease Classification

healthitanalytics 3/16/2021

AI enhances brain MRI scans to better classify Alzheimer’s disease

Health Imaging 3/15/2021

AI Approach Helps Classify Alzheimer’s Disease with Improved Accuracy

AZO Robotics 3/10/2021

Biogen’s New Alzheimer’s Drug Is “Hugely Important,” “One of the Biggest Moments” in 20 Years

The Brink 11/6/2020

New AI Algorithm Identifies Alzheimer’s Disease, Predicts Risk For Disease

Study Finds 5/19/2020

Algoritm Beats Experts In Alzheimer's Diagnosis

Futurity 5/7/2020

Deep Learning AI Accurately Predicts and Diagnoses Alzheimer’s Disease

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News 5/5/2020

Know What’s Good for your Health? Artificial Intelligence

BU Today 5/29/2019

Could Better Materials Lead to Better Outcomes with DCBs?

Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry 5/3/2019

Multimodal fusion model can better predict cognitive impairment

News Medical Life Sciences 10/4/2018

2024 The Framingham Heart Study: Executive Committee
2024 Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur: Young Alumni Achiever Award
2022 The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: Senior Member
2021 Karen Toffler Charitable Trust: Toffler Scholar in Neuroscience
2021 Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine: Evans Junior Faculty Merit Award
2020 Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences, Boston University: Founding Member
2020 Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine: Outstanding Research Collaborator
2019 Institute for Health System Innovation & Policy, Boston University: Institute Fellow
2019 American Heart Association: Fellow
2018 Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering, Boston University: Junior Faculty Fellow
2008 United States Food and Drug Administration: ORISE Fellowship
2005 Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Young Researcher Fellowship

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