Biography:Shu Jiang

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Short description: Canadian biostatistician

Shu Jiang, also known as Joy Jiang, is a Canadian biostatistician and associate professor of surgery in the Division of Public Health Sciences at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.[1] She is also the co-founder of Prognosia Inc with Graham Colditz, a technology company that develops AI models that assess digital mammograms to accurately predict the risk of breast cancer.[2] Prognosia's first tool, Prognosia Breast, earned Breakthrough Device Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in June 2025,[3] and the company was acquired by Lunit in September 2025.[4][5]

Jiang is known for her methodological contributions to breast cancer risk prediction using high-dimensional mammogram images. In April 2023, The New York Times and CNN interviewed Jiang for a feature about breast density and cancer risk, in which she discussed recent findings on how changes in density over time may indicate elevated breast cancer risk.[6][7] In December 2024, U.S. News & World Report cited Jiang in an article about artificial intelligence and breast cancer screening. Discussing her team's work on longitudinal mammogram analysis, Jiang said: "Our new method is able to detect subtle changes over time in repeated mammogram images that are not visible to the eye."[8] More recently, media coverage has also included BreastCancer.org, which described a newer AI-based approach in which Jiang used multiple years of mammograms to enhance risk prediction.[9]

She is an associate editor for the journal Biometrics[10] and a statistical reviewer for JAMA Network Open.[11] Among other awards and honors, Jiang has been named a Forbes 30 Under 30 in Healthcare in 2023[12][13] and received the MERIT award from the National Cancer Institute (2021-2027).[14]

Education

Jiang received a B.Sc. in statistics from Simon Fraser University (2012-2015), an M.Sc. in statistics from Western University (2015-2016), and a Ph.D. in statistics from University of Waterloo (2016-2018), where her supervisor was Richard Cook.[15][16] From 2018-2019, she trained as a postdoctoral fellow in biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where her supervisor was Rebecca Betensky.[1]

Awards and honors

Year Award Received from Ref.
2019 Institute of Clinical and Translational Science Award WashU Medicine [17]
2021 NIH MERIT Award National Cancer Institute [14]
2022 40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Award Boston Congress of Public Health [18]
2022 Young Alumni Achievement Medal University of Waterloo [15]
2023 GAP Fund Award WashU Medicine [19]
2023 Women in STEM (digital tools) Equalize [20]
2023 Forbes 30 under 30 Forbes (North America) [12][13]
2023 NAM Emerging Leaders Forum National Academy of Medicine

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Shu (Joy) Jiang, PhD | Department of Surgery | Washington University in St. Louis". https://surgery.wustl.edu/people/shu-joy-jiang/. 
  2. ↑ "Public company buys startup using WashU's AI technology to assess breast cancer risk" (in en-US). September 4, 2025. https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/inno/stories/news/2025/09/04/prognosia-washu-research-sold-to-lunit.html. 
  3. ↑ Lewis-Thompson, Marissanne (August 11, 2025). "WashU AI breast cancer risk detection software scores major FDA designation" (in en). https://www.stlpr.org/health-science-environment/2025-08-11/washu-ai-breast-cancer-risk-detection-software-scores-major-fda-designation. 
  4. ↑ Strait, Julia Evangelou (October 13, 2025). "AI breast cancer startup acquired by Lunit" (in en). https://medicine.washu.edu/news/breast-cancer-startup-founded-by-washu-medicine-researchers-acquired-by-lunit/. 
  5. ↑ "Lunit submits 510(k) to U.S. FDA for breast cancer risk prediction model" (in en-us). 2025-12-08. https://www.auntminnie.com/imaging-informatics/artificial-intelligence/news/15773580/lunit-submits-510k-to-us-fda-for-breast-cancer-risk-prediction-model. 
  6. ↑ "Researchers Identify Possible New Risk for Breast Cancer (Published 2023)" (in en). April 28, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/28/health/breast-cancer-density.html. 
  7. ↑ Howard, Jacqueline (May 2, 2023). "Breast density changes over time could be linked to breast cancer risk, study finds" (in en). https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/02/health/breast-density-cancer-study. 
  8. ↑ Healthday (December 6, 2024). "AI Reads Multiple Mammograms To Help Predict Breast Cancer Risk". U.S. News and World Report. https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2024-12-06/ai-reads-multiple-mammograms-to-help-predict-breast-cancer-risk. 
  9. ↑ "Study: AI Tool Uses Multiple Years of Mammograms to Predict Risk" (in en-US). https://www.breastcancer.org/news/ai-tool-mammograms-predict-risk. 
  10. ↑ "Associate Editors" (in en-US). https://biometrics.biometricsociety.org/home/associate-editors. 
  11. ↑ JAMA Network Open. "JAMA Network Open Masthead". https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2839516. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Shu Jiang" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/profile/shu-jiang/. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Durando, Elizabethe Holland (December 21, 2022). "Shu Jiang named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list for health care" (in en). https://medicine.washu.edu/news/shu-jiang-named-to-forbes-30-under-30-list-for-health-care/. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 WashU Medicine Department of Surgery (2022). "2021 Annual Report. Out Mission in Action". https://surgery.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2024/02/DoS-Annual-Report-2021.pdf. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Recipients of the Faculty of Mathematics Alumni Achievement Medal | Mathematics | University of Waterloo" (in en). https://uwaterloo.ca/math/alumni-and-friends/alumni-awards/recipients-faculty-mathematics-alumni-achievement-medal. 
  16. ↑ "Our Alumni: Joy Shu Jiang | Statistical Consulting and Survey Research Unit | University of Waterloo" (in en). https://uwaterloo.ca/statistical-consulting-survey-research-unit/news/our-alumni-joy-shu-jiang. 
  17. ↑ "Current and Past Awards | Clinical & Translational Sciences | Washington University in St. Louis". https://icts.wustl.edu/funding/ctrfp-funding-program/current-and-past-awards/. 
  18. ↑ Valderrama, Oriana (June 15, 2022). "Joy Shu Jiang: Boston Congress of Public Health 40 Under 40 Winner" (in en-US). https://nycdailypost.com/2022/06/15/health/joy-shu-jiang-boston-congress-of-public-health-40-under-40-winner/. 
  19. ↑ Roettger, Leslie (November 13, 2023). "Jiang Receives WashU Gap Fund Award" (in en-US). https://otm.wustl.edu/jiang-receives-washu-gap-fund-award/. 
  20. ↑ "Cohorts" (in en-US). https://equalizestartups.org/cohorts/. 



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