The Pitt AI-Powered Medical Imaging Informatics Summer School returned for its third year in June, bringing high school students in grades 11 and 12 to Pitt for a week-long deep dive into the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and health care.
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Assistant Professors Ahmad P. Tafti and Yanshan Wang are contributors to Pitt’s Computational Pathology and AI Center of Excellence (CPACE), which announced a $10 million partnership with the technology company Leidos to advance AI in health care.
For the past two summers, Assistant Professor Ahmad Tafti has led a weeklong summer school for high school students to learn about AI in medical imaging informatics.
SHRS faculty and researchers are stepping forward to ensure that AI is used in the most responsible way to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of health care delivery, and most importantly, to improve patient outcomes.
Cassie Klocek (BSHI '25) is utilizing her skills from the Bachelor of Science in Health Informatics program to become a physician assistant.
Bachelor of Science in Health Informatics student Shayaana Ubhayaratne (BSHI '25) completed her internship with the UPMC IT Summer Associate Program.
Now a senior, Shayaana Ubhayaratne (BSHI '25) has reflected on the journey that brought her to the Bachelor of Science in Health Informatics program.
The Healthy Home Lab was presented with a $1 million HUD grant representing the first in the United States to study technology-based options for people aged 62-plus in public housing and focuses on helping older adults remain at home and age in place.