Eleven research projects have been funded through the inaugural UBC AI and Health Network Fellows Program, which supports researchers harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) to transform health research and improve patient care across B.C.
Launched earlier this year with support from a transformative $22.5 million gift from the Gordon B. Shrum Charitable Fund to the UBC Faculty of Medicine, the UBC AI and Health Network unites UBC’s strengths in AI, health research and biomedical innovation to support health system transformation through AI-driven innovation.
The Network’s Fellows Program enables principal investigators (PIs) to recruit, mentor and support postdoctoral and clinical fellows conducting interdisciplinary research at the nexus of AI and health. Each award provides $100,000 towards the hiring of a postdoctoral or clinical fellow.
“The Fellows Program will empower researchers to responsibly integr
