AI.Health4All Center Initiatives
In its initial phase of growth, the center will support six major initiatives:
Our Initiatives
Faculty Recruitment/Domain Hiring
- Faculty can be at any rank (Instructor to Professor)
- Research interests in AI/ML domain with a focus on improving fairness and reducing bias in healthcare
- An established portfolio of research grants or potential for future funding.
- Single investigators or research teams are welcome under this hiring initiative.
Monthly Hybrid Seminars
Location:
Westside Research Office Building, Room #261
1747 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60608.
Monthly Seminars
AI.Health4All May Virtual Seminar: Soroush Saghafian, PhD, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government
AI.Health4All June Virtual Seminar: Hong Yu, MS, PhD, FACMI, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Become a Community Partner by joining the AI.Health4All Center Community Advisory Board
To further develop our work and assure that it represents the UI Health community, is explained the right way, and is helpful to patients, the AI.Health4All Center team needs community voices like yours to partner with us. We are looking to develop a coalition of partners across industry, academic, and community members to champion this work while standing at the forefront of technological innovations. The collaborations help to develop a team which can revolutionize the future of healthcare, together.
Education and Training Program
- The AI in Medicine (AI-Med) Program is an innovative, 4-year longitudinal experience designed to develop physician leaders skilled in harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to transform healthcare while ensuring that the models are fair, equitable and advance the health of all patients
- The Chicago Tech Circle is an undergraduate AI skills-focused program within UIC’s Department of Computer Science that offers credit-earning, semester-long, AI-focused experiential learning program for UIC undergraduates. Integrating AI literacy, durable skills, and work-based learning, students are mentored by AI.Health4All scholars to deliver AI solutions to improve clinical care at UI Health
Membership
- We invite you to join us to develop groundbreaking innovations within artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) that have the potential for transforming healthcare for all, particularly for historically marginalized populations.
- Opportunities to be part of a collaborative ecosystem dedicated to enhancing research synergies, productivity, and impact.
- Opportunities to share research and participate in center-sponsored events, including seminars, “works in progress” meetings, and symposia.
- Guidance, support and mentoring in applying for research funding, feedback and review of grant proposals.
- Faculty with primary appointments in the College of Medicine can apply for funds to support postdoctoral scholars.
- Access to methods development and analytic support, data management support, and shared project management personnel.
- Access to grant administration and management processes.
- Apply to be a member of AI.Health4All by filling out this survey
Seed Funding Opportunity
Postdoctoral Scholars Program
Every year, the AI.Health4All offers UIC College of Medicine Faculty funding for Postdoctoral Scholar positions focused on the fields of artificial intelligence & machine learning to improve fairness, reduce bias, and improve healthcare for all. Units are expected to provide the infrastructure to support these scholars.
Units are expected to provide the infrastructure to support these scholars and their research. Appointments will be for a 2-year period to support salary & benefits (at NIH-defined levels) for a two-year postdoctoral fellow in their department. The Request for Application is issued each summer.
College of Medicine Departments will:
- Identify the candidates for these positions.
- Provide discipline or clinical mentorship.
- Cover non-salary costs and infrastructure for the research
The AI.Health4All Center will:
- Cover all salary costs for these appointments (at NIH-defined levels).
- Provide mentorship and support for these postdocs in the case that the department lacks technical or research experts.
- Provide support for K award development and applications.