Biomedical Informatics PhD Student

Lauhitya Reddy

lauhitya.arvind@gmail.com LinkedIn

About

PhD student in Biomedical Informatics at Emory University, working at the ViTAL Lab on explainable AI for clinical gait analysis. My research uses markerless pose estimation from mobile phone videos to classify gait impairments while preserving patient privacy. Previously earned an MS in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Tech and a BE in Biotechnology from RVCE, Bengaluru.

Research

ViTAL Lab, Emory University

Jan 2024 -- Present

PhD Student / Research Assistant

  • First-author paper on classifying simulated gait impairments using privacy-preserving explainable AI and mobile phone videos, accepted in PLOS Digital Health.
  • First-author abstract on integrating clinician insights into markerless gait analysis, selected among 50 of 10,000 for the Society for Neuroscience 2025 press conference.
  • Second-author poster analyzing the backward tango step in Parkinson's disease patients received the Best Poster Award at Georgia Tech's STAR-AI Symposium.

Experience

Strand Lifesciences

Jan -- Jul 2023

Bioinformatics Intern, Bengaluru

  • Mentored by CTO Dr. Shanmukh Katragadda and CSO Dr. Vamsi Veeramachaneni.
  • Designed a Whole Exome Sequencing panel; benchmarked against competitor datasets using Python and R.

4baseCare Oncosolutions

Apr -- Oct 2021

Bioinformatics Intern, Bengaluru

  • Built an automated metagenomic analysis pipeline, eliminating 70% of terminal interactions and reducing 98% of troubleshooting requests.

Education

Emory University

Aug 2025

PhD in Biomedical Informatics

Georgia Institute of Technology

Dec 2024

MS in Biomedical Engineering

RV College of Engineering

Jul 2023

BE in Biotechnology