Health Informatics Faculty Help Drive $10 Million Leidos Partnership for Using AI Tools in Health Care
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.
Creating Best Practices in Artificial Intelligence
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.
Senior HUD officials visit to unveil Pitt Healthy Home Lab study with the Allegheny County Housing Authority and Age-Friendly Greater Pittsburgh
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.
Health Informatics Graduate Awarded NIH Training Fellowship to Increase Diversity in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Master of Science in Health Informatics alumnus Jordan Hilsman (MSHI ‘23) has been selected among a competitive pool of nationwide candidates for an eight-month National Institutes of Health training program called AIM-AHEAD to increase researcher diversity in artificial intelligence and machine learning
Pitt’s Healthy Home Lab Receives $1 Million HUD Grant to Develop Technology-Enabled Solutions to Reduce Falls for Older Adults Living in Public Housing
The University of Pittsburgh Healthy Home Lab (HHL) has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to develop technology-enabled solutions to reduce falls and improve the safety of older adults living in public and rental housing.
Pitt’s Healthy Home Lab: Home Sweet Healthy Home
The Healthy Home Laboratory is an innovative, collaborative resource where scientists, engineers, rehabilitation experts and community partners are coming together to maximize the health and safety of a typical home environment and allow more people to age safely and independently at home.
For this Health Informatics Assistant Professor, Aging in Place is Personal
Assistant Professor Yong Choi is at the forefront of helping older adults age in place, leading research at the Healthy Home Lab that focuses on examining the unique needs of older adults and incorporating them into technologies that provide solutions.
Introducing the Future: The New HexAI Research Lab
Although Artificial Intelligence has evolved over the past 70 years and has been embraced by some members of the health care community, the HexAI Research Laboratory in the Department of Health Information Management stands alone.
Our Researchers are Using Health Informatics Technologies to Improve Patient Care
Yanshan Wang, assistant professor and vice chair for Research in the Department of Health Information Management shares how Health Informatics has impacted patients.