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Cheng Qian, Ph.D.

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Director of Agentic AI at IQVIA
📍 Greater Chicago Area, United States

Cheng is the Director of Agentic AI at IQVIA, where he leads the strategy for autonomous AI systems to innovate clinical trials in life sciences. An expert with a decade of experience in machine learning and digital transformation, he holds a Ph. D. from the Harbin Institute of Technology.

He developed the Protocol Similarity BERT model, which achieved 85% accuracy in querying similar clinical trials—a 50% improvement over baseline methods.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Director of Agentic AI
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Chicago Area, United States
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Agentic AI Systems
As Director of Agentic AI, he leads the vision, strategy, and architecture for next-generation autonomous AI systems to optimize clinical trials.
Generative AI Adoption
He has led enterprise-wide LLM initiatives and actively posts about hiring Generative AI specialists, showing a focus on scaling its adoption in healthcare.
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10-2025
Director of Agentic AI
IQVIA
10-2022 - 10-2025
Associate Director of AI
IQVIA
9-2019 - 10-2022
Sr AI Scientist
IQVIA
8-2017 - 8-2019
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Virginia
4-2017 - 8-2017
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
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Education
2013 - 2017
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Harbin Institute of Technology
2014 - 2016
Visiting PhD Student
University of Minnesota
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