Masha Bondarenko

I graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science in 2024. I currently work as a deep learning researcher in the Sohn Lab at UCSF, where I collaborate with doctors, engineers, and industry partners to improve diagnostics through imaging and big data. My current technical interests revolve around AI post-training reliability, uncertainty, and safety within mostly LLMs. I've also worked on foundation models, longitudinal modeling, and risk analyses across multimodal inputs (EHR & CT/XR/MRI).

News

October 3, 2026 Four of our works ranging on topics of homomorphic encryption, LLM uncertainty quantification, robustness, and reliability (hallucination, contradictions, + other bizarre errors) are accepted to two NeurIPS workshops in Sydney, Australia!

July 23, 2026 Excited to present our work at COLM in the LLM/VLM Deployment Opportunities and Risks in Healthcare workshop!

July 22, 2026 Our work was accepted to RSNA as oral and poster presentations on time-conditioned growth and morphological predictions of subsolid nodules!

Research

Prediction of Subsolid Pulmonary Nodule Evolution from Baseline CT Using Temporal Imaging Models

Masha Bondarenko, Kang Qi, Ali Nowroozi, Justin Kim, Brian Kunzang, Aaron Lee, Nicole Tran, Shiny Weng, Jonathan Liu, Maya Vella, Gunvant Chaudhari, Tician Schnizler, Arun Innaje, Terrence Chen, Jae Ho Sohn

Manuscript In revision

Conference RSNA 2026 | Oral & poster

Automated Detection of Interstitial Lung Abnormalities on Chest CT: Multi-Center Validation and Clinical Impact Evaluation

Tician Schnitzler, Ali Nowroozi, Masha Bondarenko, Erica Farrand, Jae Ho Sohn

Manuscript In submission

Conference RSNA 2025 | Poster

Imaging Biomarkers Predicting Progression of Interstitial Lung Abnormalities to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Multicontinental Validation Study

Tician Schnitzler, Ali Nowroozi, Masha Bondarenko, Jae Ho Sohn

Manuscript In revision

Investigating AI's potential in risk-stratifying lung cancer screenings for future follow-ups: A retrospective analysis of a tertiary hospital cohort

Ali Nowroozi, Masha Bondarenko, Brian Haas, James Brown, Alison Rustagi, Brian Graham, Mollie Hudson, George Su, Adam Yala, Jae Ho Sohn

Manuscript In revision

Clinical and Imaging Factors Associated with Growth of Subsolid Pulmonary Nodule on CT

Masha Bondarenko, Shiny Weng, Gunvant Chaudhari, Arun Innaje, Terrence Chen, Jae Ho Sohn

Conference Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting, 2023