Pranav Kulkarni

I am a PhD student at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing (UM-IHC), advised by Dr. Heng Huang. My research is primarily focused on the intersection of machine learning, computer vision, and medical imaging, with the goal of enabling opportunistic screening and early-stage disease detection in everyday clinical practice. I am currently interested in multi-modal models that integrate imaging, clinical, and multi-omics data for clinical decision-making, as well as trustworthy and explainable AI systems that adapt to distribution shifts over time, align with nuanced human feedback, and mitigate algorithmic bias. In my free time, I enjoy hiking, gardening, and reading about history, biogeography, and urban planning.