@article{ETD, recid = {43709}, author = {Evans, Nathaniel J.}, title = {Mechanistic deep learning for perturbation biology: application to precision oncology}, publisher = {Oregon Health and Science University}, school = {Ph.D.}, address = {2024-09-19}, number = {ETD}, abstract = {The work presented in this dissertation focuses on the development of robust deep learning models to predict in-vitro cancer drug responses, with utility in precision oncology research tasks such as drug repurposing and prioritization of disease-specific drug combinations. This work addresses two critical shortcomings in the current approaches to predicting cancer drug responses with deep learning: 1) data quality issues inherent in high-throughput drug screening datasets by developing algorithms for detection of atypical or low-quality data and 2) improved prediction and utility of perturbation biology models by developing algorithms that operate on mechanistic prior knowledge. }, url = {http://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/43709}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.6083/bpxhc43709}, }