Principal Investigator
Yair Bannett, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Dr. Yair Bannett earned his MD at Hebrew University and his pediatrics residency training at Tel Aviv University, Israel. After practicing as a community-based primary care pediatrician, he completed a clinical fellowship in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics (DBP) at Stanford (2016-2019). He is an Assistant Professor in the division of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics and the Principal Investigator at the Advanced Informatics (AI) for Mental Health lab. Dr. Bannett has received funding from the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to develop novel and evidence-based quality measures for ADHD treatment. The ultimate goal of his research is to implement clinician- and systems-level interventions to improve the quality of healthcare delivery and outcomes for children and adolescents with developmental and mental health challenges.
For more information on Dr. Yair Bannett, read his Stanford profile here.
Postdoctoral Scholars
Malvika Pillai, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Biomedical Informatics
Malvika is a postdoctoral research fellow in the VA Big Data Scientist Training Enhancement Program (BD-STEP), jointly in Stanford University in Medicine (Biomedical Informatics) in the Boussard Lab and VA Palo Alto. She received her BS in Quantitative Biology and PhD in Health Informatics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her current work focuses on developing, evaluating, and implementing fair artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) models that can lead to high-quality, patient-centered care.
Biostatisticians/Data Scientists
Fatma Gunturkun, PhD
Senior Biostatistician and Data Scientist
Fatma received her PhD in Statistics from Dokuz Eylul University in Turkey. She is currently a Senior Biostatistician at the Quantitative Sciences Unit at Stanford University. Her recent work focuses on building machine learning and statistical models using clinical data such as medical images and clinical notes. She is particularly interested in integrating AI-driven methodologies into healthcare research to enhance clinical workflows and improve patient care.
Ingrid Luo, MS
Biostatistician
Ingrid received her MSc in Biostatistics from University of Washington. She is a junior biostatistician at the Quantitative Sciences Unit (QSU) at Stanford University. Her work focuses on longitudinal and survival analyses with time-varying covariates, along with development and validation of clinical prediction models that translate statistical findings into patient care applications.
Research Staff
Tracy Huang, MSPH
Research and Data Coordinator
Tracy graduated from Amherst College with a major in Psychology and attended the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health with a Master of Science in Public Health in Epidemiology. She currently assists with research and data initiatives in the Advanced Informatics for Mental Health Lab, such as data analyses and research communications.
Students
Ella Nettnin, MD/MS Candidate
Medical Student
Ella Nettnin, from Chicago, Illinois, is pursuing an MD at Stanford School of Medicine and an MS in Biomedical Investigation through the Berg Scholars Program. Ella graduated from Loyola University Chicago with Bachelor of Science degrees in both Molecular Biology and in Cellular/Molecular Neuroscience. Ella aspires to be a physician-scientist working towards a better understanding of neurological disorders in the clinic and in the lab.
Yannick Mofor, BS Candidate
Undergraduate Student in Computer Science
Yannick is an undergraduate student at Stanford pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with a minor in Statistics. He is currently interning at the Bannett lab, collaborating with Dr. Bannett and Dr. Gunturkun to ideate innovative prompt-engineering and NLP methods to improve pediatric treatment of ADHD. Outside of the lab, Yannick enjoys playing the viola and exploring new places.
Medical Trainees
Lilly Su, MD, MEd
Pediatrics Resident Physician
Lilly Su is a current pediatrics resident physician at Stanford. She received her MD and Master of Education from Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State University, respectively.
Fu-Shiuan Whitney Lee, MD, MPH
Pediatrics Resident Physician
Fu-Shiuan Whitney Lee is a current second-year pediatrics resident physician at Stanford. She received her MD from National Yang Ming University and her MPH from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Growing up and taking care of her brother and many other children with developmental delays, Whitney understands firsthand the daily challenges these families face and how important access to care and resources is. She is passionate about leveraging AI to find the best medication and therapies individualized to every kid for them to reach their full potential.