Frederick Howard, MD

Dr. Frederick M. Howard is a Breast Medical Oncologist and Instructor in the Elwood V. Jensen Scholars program at the University of Chicago Department of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. He received his medical degree from the University of Michigan and completed his residency and chief residency in Internal Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Howard’s research focuses on answering several important questions at the intersection of digital health and breast medical oncology: 1) Can artificial intelligence be used to improve prediction of response to therapy in breast cancer, and thus lead to better personalization of therapies? 2) Can deep learning use readily available pathologic and imaging data to improve upon or supplement existing genomic biomarkers in breast cancer in order to reduce cost, prevent unnecessary treatment delays, and improve access to biomarkers? and 3) Given the rapid growth of big data / artificial intelligence tools in oncology, what safeguards need to be in place to ensure these tools do not recapitulate healthcare disparities that are currently prevalent in cancer care.