The Department of Mathematical Sciences will host Professor Xiaohua Hu from Drexel University on Monday, November 17, 2025 as part of its Math Seminar Series. Dr. Hu will present “Towards Effective Biomedical Natural Language Processing with Large Language Models.” This free event begins at 11:20 a.m. in BSB 116.
Abstract
This talk explores leveraging advancements in NLP to address challenges in developing Product-Specific Guidance (PSG) for generic drug products within the biomedical field. Our work focuses on the opportunity to automate tasks during this process, particularly extracting ADME (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion) details from RLD drug labeling. It addresses key challenges such as the automation of ADME information extraction from imbalanced datasets, the summarization of complex biomedical documents, and the constraints posed by data privacy in real-world applications. This work contributes practical, scalable solutions to facilitate PSG development and promote the broader use of specialized, resource-efficient NLP models in biomedical research.
Bio
Xiaohua Tony Hu is a professor and the founding Co-Director (2012-2018) of the NSF Industry and University Cooperative Research Center on Visual and Decision Informatics, the first National Big Data Center in the USA. Tony is a scientist, educator, and entrepreneur. He joined Drexel University in 2002. Earlier, he worked as a research scientist in world-leading R&D centers such as Nortel Research Center and Verizon Lab (the former GTE labs). His research projects are funded by the NSF, US Dept. of Education, and the PA Dept. of Health and Industries Labs. He has obtained more than 14 Million US$ research funds and advised 31 Ph.D. Students.