Speaker Profile
Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Modella AI
Biography
Max Lu leads the company's research in multimodal and generative AI for medicine and healthcare. He earned his PhD in Computer Science from MIT, where he conducted pioneering work in computational pathology advised by Professor Faisal Mahmood. Max has driven the development of multiple impactful AI tools, including large-scale vision and vision-language pretrained foundation models, algorithms for clinical endpoint prediction from HE histology slides, and PathChat, a multimodal generative AI copilot for human pathology. His research contributions have been published in leading journals and conferences including Nature, Nature Medicine, and CVPR.
Talk
Advancing Pathology and Healthcare with Generative and Agentic AI
Discover how Modella AI enables customers to transform biomedical image analysis and research through multimodal foundation models, generative and agentic AI.
AI and Data Sciences Showcase:
Modella AI
Modella AI is a biomedical artificial intelligence company based in Boston, Massachusetts. We are an interdisciplinary team of scientists, clinicians, and AI researchers working together in developing and deploying intelligent systems that improve healthcare delivery and outcomes.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2025 Silicon Valley
The PMWC 2025 AI Company Showcase will provide a 15-30 minute time slot for selected AI companies to present their latest technologies to an audience of leading investors, potential clients, and partners. We will hear from companies building technologies that expedite the pre-clinical and clinical drug discovery and development process, accelerate patient diagnosis and treatment, or develop scalable systems framework to make AI and deep/machine learning a reality.
