Irina Zhang

PhD Student: Integrative Cancer Epidemiology

Irina joined The Generations Study research team in 2024 as a PhD student to investigate tissue-based biomarkers on benign breast biopsies and the associations with future breast cancer. Previously she worked as an R&D Graduate Scientist in Data Science and AI at AstraZeneca, specialising in leveraging computer vision and artificial intelligence to analyse histopathology images to assist patient stratification and inform clinical research. Irina's research is aimed to integrate computational pathology and statistical modelling to assess breast cancer risk for women with benign breast diseases and explore tissue models to enhance our understanding of breast carcinogenesis.