Description of Research Expertise

Joseph D. Romano is an Assistant Professor of Informatics and Pharmacology at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned a BS degree in Molecular Genetics from the University of Vermont, followed by MA, MPhil, and PhD degrees in Biomedical Informatics from Columbia University.

The Romano Lab conducts original research in computational toxicology and translational bioinformatics, with a focus on applying artificial intelligence to predict and explain the clinical outcomes of human exposure to toxic environmental chemicals. Dr. Romano leads the development of several major biomedical knowledge bases, including ComptoxAI, VenomKB, and the Alzheimer’s Knowledge Base. He is a member of the NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Science's Environmental Health Language Collaborative (EHLC) - a major effort to standardize concept representation and reproducibility in environmental health research.