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Lauren Erdman, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

About

Biography

I am a computational researcher aiming to develop technologies to translate and transform pediatric clinical care using machine learning. My foundational training is in economics and statistics. I strive to improve the efficiency and impact of health interventions by getting more out of the information already collected through standards of care.

My work primarily focuses on extracting more information from biomedical imaging data, with the goal of enabling faster and easier interpretation by a larger share of clinicians, such as novices and those who don’t specialize in pediatrics.

I have already developed models for prediction in hydronephrosis ultrasound, pediatric echocardiography, hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence, irritable bowel disease (IBD) diagnosis and drug response, and the diagnosis of motile ciliopathy. I have been a researcher for over 10 years and began working at Cincinnati Children’s in 2023.

Publications

Reply by Authors. Weaver, JK; Logan, J; Van Batavia, JP; Weiss, DA; Long, CJ; Smith, AL; Zderic, SA; Gan, Z; Godlewski, K; Broms, R; Martin-Olenski, M; Huang, J; Fan, Y; Tasian, GE. The Journal of Urology. 2025; 214:88-89.

Machine Learning Analysis of Videourodynamics to Predict Incident Hydronephrosis in Patients With Spina Bifida. Weaver, JK; Logan, J; Van Batavia, JP; Weiss, DA; Long, CJ; Smith, AL; Zderic, SA; Gan, Z; Godlewski, K; Broms, R; Martin-Olenski, M; Huang, J; Fan, Y; Tasian, GE. The Journal of Urology. 2025; 214:80-89.

A living scoping review and online repository of artificial intelligence models in pediatric urology: Results from the AI-PEDURO collaborative. Khondker, A; Kwong, JC; Ahmad, I; Rajesh, Z; Dhalla, R; MacNevin, W; Rickard, M; Erdman, L; Gabrielson, AT; Nguyen, DD; Wang, HH; Weaver, J; Yadav, P; Lorenzo, AJ. Journal of Pediatric Urology. 2025; 21:765-772.

CHARACTERIZING SLE PATIENTS INTO TYPE 1 AND TYPE 2 DISEASE STATES: INSIGHTS FROM A SINGLE LUPUS COHORT. Hu, A; Erdman, L; Bonilla, D; Li, Q; Whittall-Garcia, L; Gladman, DD; Touma, Z. The Journal of rheumatology. 2025; 52:210-211.

AI-PEDURO - Artificial intelligence in pediatric urology: Protocol for a living scoping review and online repository. Khondker, A; Kwong, JC C; Rickard, M; Erdman, L; Gabrielson, AT; Nguyen, DD; Kim, JK; Abbas, T; Fernandez, N; Fischer, K; Wang, HH; Weaver, J; Yadav, P; Lorenzo, AJ. Journal of Pediatric Urology. 2025; 21:532-538.

iModEst: disentangling -omic impacts on gene expression variation across genes and tissues. Sokolowski, DJ; Mai, M; Verma, A; Morgenshtern, G; Subasri, V; Naveed, H; Yampolsky, M; Wilson, MD; Goldenberg, A; Erdman, L. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics. 2025; 7:lqaf011.

CANAIRI: the Collaboration for Translational Artificial Intelligence Trials in healthcare. McCradden, MD; London, AJ; Gichoya, JW; Sendak, M; Erdman, L; Stedman, I; Oakden-Rayner, L; Akrout, I; Anderson, JA; Farmer, LA; Tikhomirov, L; van der Vegt, AH; Verspoor, K; Liu, X. Nature Medicine. 2025; 31:9-11.

Estimation of unconfirmed COVID-19 cases from a cross-sectional survey of >10 000 households and a symptom-based machine learning model in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Farrar, DS; Pell, LG; Muhammad, Y; Hafiz Khan, S; Erdman, L; Bassani, DG; Tanner, Z; Chauhadry, IA; Karim, M; Madhani, F; Spitzer, RF; Abu Fadaleh, SM; Bhutta, ZA; Morris, SK. 2025; 3:e001255.

Use of prenatal ultrasound findings to predict postnatal outcome in fetuses with lower urinary tract obstruction. Richter, J; Shinar, S; Erdman, L; Good, H; Kim, JK; Dos Santos, J; Khondker, A; Chua, M; Van Mieghem, T; Lorenzo, AJ; Rickard, M. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2024; 64:768-775.

The Hydronephrosis Severity Index guides paediatric antenatal hydronephrosis management based on artificial intelligence applied to ultrasound images alone. Erdman, L; Rickard, M; Drysdale, E; Skreta, M; Hua, SB; Sheth, K; Alvarez, D; Velaer, KN; Chua, ME; Dos Santos, J; Cooper, CS; Tasian, GE; Lorenzo, AJ; Golenberg, A. Scientific Reports. 2024; 14:22748.

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