Stony Brook Professor Named ACMI Fellow

Stony Brook University professor Ramana V. Davuluri has been elected a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics. He is one of 22 researchers selected for the 2026 class. The group represents world leaders in the field of informatics.

The induction ceremony will take place during the American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium. The event is scheduled for November 8 in Dallas. Davuluri currently serves as the interim chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Stony Brook.

Davuluri has worked in molecular data science for 25 years. He joined the Stony Brook faculty in July 2020. His research focuses on using artificial intelligence to analyze biomedical data. He develops gene promoter prediction algorithms and molecular subtyping assays for glioblastoma and ovarian cancers.

The college recognizes members who demonstrate thought leadership and deep expertise. The body defines fellows as distinguished leaders with scholarly achievement. Each elected member contributes to biomedicine and healthcare informatics. They also educate the wider informatics community to advance human health.

Davuluri oversees education and training within his department. The unit supports faculty work for the Renaissance School of Medicine and the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. The ACMI is an entity of the AMIA and elects new fellows annually by active member vote.

The organization cited Davuluri’s contributions to machine learning and translational biomedical informatics. The ACMI noted his pioneering research in genome foundation models. The group specifically mentioned the development of DNABERT. The model improves understanding of DNA language and genetic changes in cancer.