Candice P. Chu, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Advancing Veterinary Diagnostics and Education Through Artificial Intelligence
Current Roles
Faculty Appointment
- 2024 – presentAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University
- 2021 – 2023Assistant Professor of Clinical PathologyDepartment of Veterinary Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Institutional Service
- 2025 – presentMember, AI Steering CommitteeTexas A&M University
- 2024 – presentFaculty Advisor, Taiwanese Student AssociationTexas A&M University
Professional Service
- 2025 – presentCo-Chair, Pathology Informatics CommitteeAmerican College of Veterinary Pathologists
- 2024 – presentMember, Task Force on Emerging Technologies and InnovationAmerican Veterinary Medical Association
- 2025 – presentMember, AI Working GroupAssociation of American Veterinary Medical Colleges
📝 Publication: Former student worker Wei-Chien Kao's first-author paper, Artificial intelligence–based detection of small and intermediate-to-large lymphocytes for cytologic diagnosis of canine lymphoma, is out in Veterinary Pathology — a YOLOv11 model trained on smartphone photomicrographs of canine lymph node aspirates that correctly inferred the diagnosis in all 14 test aspirates.
👩🏫 Upcoming: Dr. Chu teaches the afternoon session on vibe-coding tools at the AI Jumpstart Bootcamp, run by the Texas A&M Institute of Data Science with High Performance Research Computing.
✈️ Committee: Dr. Chu attended the fall in-person meeting of the AVMA Task Force on Emerging Technologies and Innovation, working on AI literacy resources, a framework for ethical AI use in veterinary practice, continuing education, and collaboration with academic researchers.
📝 Publication: PhD student Yumi Chang's first paper, Applying artificial intelligence to automate clinical data extraction from veterinary electronic health records, is out in the Veterinary Pathology special issue on artificial intelligence — open access.
Selected Impact
Research Support & Collaborators
Collaboration & Contact
Dr. Chu welcomes collaboration on diagnostic AI, veterinary informatics, and AI curriculum development, as well as speaking invitations from conferences, colleges, and professional organizations.