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Fu M. Hu, PhD

Academic Title:

Professor

Primary Appointment:

Anesthesiology

Secondary Appointment(s):

Epidemiology & Public Health, Surgery

Additional Title:

[Peter Hu] Chief Technologist, University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center and National Study Center for Trauma & EMS; Adjunct Professor, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County Core Investigator University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing (UM-IHC)

Email:

phu@som.umaryland.edu

Location:

11 S. Paca Street, LL 01

Phone (Primary):

(410) 328-7264

Phone (Secondary):

(410) 328-7265

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Education and Training

1984 - BS, Electrical Engineering, Shanghai University, China
1992 - MS, Computer Science, University of Maryland Baltimore County
2013 - PhD, Computer Science, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Highlighted Publications

Hu PF, Yang S, Li HC, Stansbury LG, Yang F, Hagegeorge G, Miller C, Rock P, Stein DM, Mackenzie CF. Reliable Collection of Real-Time Patient Physiologic Data from less Reliable Networks: a "Monitor of Monitors" System (MoMs).  J Med Syst. 2017 Jan;41(1):3. Epub 2016 Nov 5.   PMID: 27817131

Yang S, Stansbury LG, Rock P, Scalea T, Hu PF. Linking Big Data and Prediction Strategies: Tools, Pitfalls, and Lessons Learned. Crit Care Med. 2019 Jun;47(6):840-848. PMID: 30920408

Galvagno SM Jr, Sikorski RA, Floccare DJ, Rock P, Mazzeffi MA, DuBose JJ, Scalea TM, Miller C, Richards JE, O'Connor JV, Mackenzie CF, Hu P. Prehospital Point of Care Testing for the Early Detection of Shock and Prediction of Lifesaving Interventions      2020 May 21. doi: 10.1097/SHK.0000000000001567. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32453248

Yang S, Mackenzie CF, Rock P, Lin C, Floccare D, Scalea T, Stumpf F, Winans C, Galvagno S, Miller C, Stein D, Hu P. F. Comparison of massive and emergency transfusion prediction scoring systems after trauma with a new Bleeding Risk Index score applied in-flight. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Feb 1;90(2):268-273. doi: 1097/TA.0000000000003031. PMID: 33502145.

Badjatia N, Podell J, Felix RB, Chen LK, Dalton K, Wang TI, Yang S, Hu P. Machine Learning Approaches to Prognostication in Traumatic Brain Injury. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2025 Feb 19;25(1):19. doi: 10.1007/s11910-025-01405-x. PMID: 39969697.

 

 

Additional Publication Citations

Selected peer-review articles among 165 papers

  1. Ren B, Lin CY, Li R, Park C, Li Z, Wang S, Suen AO, Kessler J, Yang S, Kozar R, Zou L, Williams B, Hu P, Chao W. Plasma microRNA biomarkers for multi-organ injury prediction in trauma patients. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Mar 3:2025.03.02.25323184. doi: 10.1101/2025.03.02.25323184. PMID: 40093224; PMCID: PMC11908285.
  2. Yang S, Hu P, Teeter W, Floccare D, Hu H, Galvagno S, Comparison of continuous vital signs data analysis versus venous lactate for the prediction of lifesaving interventions in patients with traumatic shock. Shock. 2024 Oct 21. doi: 10.1097/SHK.0000000000002474. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39447081.
  3. Richards JE, Yang S, Kozar RA, Scalea TM, Hu P. A machine learning-based Coagulation Risk Index predicts acute traumatic coagulopathy in bleeding trauma patients. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 Sep 27. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004463. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39330762.
  4. Felix R, Shabazz A, Holeman WP, Han S, Wyble M, Uzoukwu M, Gomes LA, Nho L, Litman MZ, Hu P, Fisher JP. From Promise to Practice: Recent Growth in 30 Years of Tissue Engineering Commercialization. Tissue Eng Part A. 2024 May 31. doi: 10.1089/ten.TEA.2024.0112. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38818800.
  5. -I. Chang, C. -C. Liang and P. F. Hu, "Iterative Gaussian–Laplacian Pyramid Network for Hyperspectral Image Classification," in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 62, pp. 1-22, 2024, Art no. 5510122, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2024.3367127
  6. Yang S, Galvagno S, Badjatia N, Stein D, Teeter W, Scalea T, Shackelford S, Fang R, Miller C, Hu P; VS viewer study group. A Novel Continuous Real-Time Vital Signs Viewer for Intensive Care Units: Design and Evaluation Study. JMIR Hum Factors. 2024 Jan 5;11: e46030. doi: 10.2196/46030. PMID: 38180791.
  7. -I. Chang, C. -Y. Lin and P. F. Hu, "Band Sampling of Hyperspectral Anomaly Detection in Effective Anomaly Space," in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 62, pp. 1-29, 2024, Art no. 5502729, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2023.3347434.
  8. Podell J, Yang S, Miller S, Felix R, Tripathi H, Parikh G, Miller C, Chen H, Kuo YM, Lin CY, Hu P, Badjatia N. Rapid prediction of secondary neurologic decline after traumatic brain injury: a data analytic approach. Sci Rep. 2023 Jan 9;13(1):403. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-26318-4. PMID: 36624110; PMCID: PMC9829683.
  9. Podell J, Pergakis M, Yang S, Felix R, Parikh G, Chen H, Chen L, Miller C, Hu P, Badjatia N. Leveraging Continuous Vital Sign Measurements for Real-Time Assessment of Autonomic Nervous System Dysfunction After Brain Injury: A Narrative Review of Current and Future Applications. Neurocrit Care. 2022 Aug;37(Suppl 2):206-219. doi: 10.1007/s12028-022-01491-6. Epub 2022 Apr 12. PMID: 35411542.
  10. Podell JE, Miller SS, Jaffa MN, Pajoumand M, Armahizer M, Chen H, Tripathi H, Schwartzbauer GT, Chang WW, Parikh GY, Hu P, Badjatia N. Admission Features Associated With Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Case-Control Study. Crit Care Med. 2021 Oct 1;49(10): e989-e1000. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005076. PMID: 34259439.
  11. Chang CI, Kuo YM,  Chen S,  Liang CC, Ma KY, Hu P.  Self-Mutual Information-Based Band Selection for Hyperspectral Image Classification. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. Manuscript Revision TGRS-2020-01643.R1, submitted on Aug 25, 2020. Accepted on Sep 14, 2020
  12. Tisherman SA, Hu FM. Can we stop patients from "falling off the cliff"?  2019 Jun;139:363-364. Epub 2019 Apr 24. PMID: 31028825
  13. Yang S, Stansbury LG, Rock P, Scalea T, Hu PF. Linking Big Data and Prediction Strategies: Tools, Pitfalls, and Lessons Learned. Crit Care Med. 2019 Jun;47(6):840-848. PMID: 30920408
  14. Teeter W*, Romagnoli A, Wasicek P, Hu P#, Yang S, Stein D, Scalea T, Brenner M. Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta Improves Cardiac Compression Fraction Versus Resuscitative Thoracotomy in Patients in Traumatic Arrest. Ann Emerg Med. 2018 Apr 20. pii: S0196-0644(18)30162-8. PMID: 29685373
  15. Brenner M, Moore L, Teeter W, Hu P, Yang S, Wasicek P, Taylor J, Harvin J, Stein D, Scalea T. Exclusive clinical experience with a lower profile device for resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA). Am J Surg. 2019 Jun;217(6):1126-1129. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2018.11.029. Epub 2018 Nov 28. PMID: 30579686

Research Interests

Utilizing real-time patient field and admission vital signs data to predict life saving interventions such as emergency blood transfusion, intubation, and emergency surgery. Developing realtime advanced machine learning algorithms to predict near and long term trauma patient outcomes. In hospital and mobile telemedicine applications for rapid assessment of trauma patient status for triage and treatment.

Grants and Contracts

Current Active Funding

Shock Trauma Center Research Infrastructure for Trauma Medical Observation (STC RITMO)
Contract number: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) HR0011-23-2-0011
Role: Principal Investigator
Period: 4/23-10/26

Clinical Decision Support (CDS)
Contract number: FA8650-25-2-6L12 (AFRL)
Role: Co- Principal Investigator
Period: 3/25-2//27               

Measurements of Dysautonomia for the Rapid Determination and Progression of TBI (READAPT)
Contract number: FA8650-25-2-6L15
Role: Co- Principal Investigator
Period: 3/25-2/28

FLIGHT-readiness Network for Evacuation and Triage (FLIGHTNET)
Contract number: Pending
Role: Co- Principal Investigator
Period: 4/2026-3/2028

Forecasting Outcomes and Risks of Events in Critical Acute-care for Safe Transport (FORECAST)
Contract number: Pending
Role: Co- Principal Investigator
Period: 1/2026-12/2027

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