HIPIMR faculty & staff
A multidisciplinary team of clinicians, radiologists, statisticians, pathologists, programmers, physicists, computer specialists, research associates, and breast-cancer advocates.
John Shepherd, PhD
Principal Investigator
Researcher/Professor at the UH Cancer Center; Fulbright Scholar specializing in extracting biomarkers from medical imaging through machine learning. Directs AI PHI, the Body Composition Lab, and the Shepherd Research Lab. 200+ peer-reviewed publications, 24,000+ citations.
Jami Fukui, MD
Co-Investigator · Medical Director
Assistant Professor at the UH Cancer Center, focused on breast-cancer clinical and translational research, clinical-trial protocols, and cancer care for residents of Hawaiʻi.
Gertraud Maskarinec, MD, PhD
Co-Investigator · Epidemiologist
Physician in preventive medicine and nutritional epidemiologist. Research on the etiology of breast cancer, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, and type-2 diabetes.
Yurii Shvetsov, PhD
Senior Biostatistician
Assistant Professor in Population Sciences at the UH Cancer Center, providing biostatistics support. PI of an NIH-funded study on improving breast-cancer risk prediction.
Thomas Wolfgruber
Data Analyst & Infrastructure Manager
Postdoctoral researcher studying mammography for risk detection using machine learning. Data scientist and software engineer supporting the registry's scientific and technological infrastructure.
Brandon Quon
Database Manager
Biostatistician at the UH Cancer Center providing statistical-programming support for registry-based breast-cancer research. Responsibilities include data harmonization, reporting, and database maintenance.