UH researchers awarded $12M grant to advance AI, data science in medicine

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The University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center and UH Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) have been awarded $12 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through the Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) program to establish the Pacific Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in Medicine (PAC-AID).
PAC-AID aims to use artificial intelligence and data science to accelerate biomedical discoveries and improve health outcomes for Hawaiʻi and the Pacific region.
The center, led by Principal Investigators John Shepherd and Youping Deng, will renovate the UH Cancer Center Data Center to create a Medical AI Core, providing advanced computing resources and AI expertise.
PAC-AID will specifically focus on medical research to address health challenges within Hawaiʻi and the Pacific Islands, including research into breast cancer risk in Asian and Pacific Islander populations.
The research center will also aim to develop a workforce of next-generation AI and data science researchers to tackle medical and public health challenges.
Initially funded projects include studies on skin lesions, pancreatic cancer, the effects of environmental toxicants on fetal development, and genetic traits in congenital heart disease.
The ultimate goal is projected economic and research impact of over $31 million for the state of Hawaiʻi during the first five years of the project.

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