AI for Health
Research and collaborations contributing to the Microsoft AI for Health program
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In the news | Fred Hutch Press Release
Cancer centers launch Cancer AI Alliance to unlock discoveries, transform care using cancer data and applied AI
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins – have joined forces and secured funding from AI technology leaders AWS, Deloitte,…
In the news | Novartis LinkedIn Article
Opportunities and limits: What is the role of AI in population health?
Over the last decennia, scientific innovations in medicine significantly extended our life expectancy, while innovations in technology changed the way we deliver health and care. Despite these advances, today’s health challenges remain unprecedented: aging populations, the constant threat of climate…
In the news | LinkedIn Article
Novartis – AI4HealthyCities
It is known that only 20% of our health outcomes are shaped by the healthcare we access; the other 80% is linked to the conditions in which we grow, live, work and age[I]. Along with Microsoft AI for Health, local…
In the news | Global Epidemics
New Analysis Shows Vaccines Could Have Prevented 318,000 Deaths
A new analysis by researchers at Brown School of Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Microsoft AI for Health shows that vaccines could have prevented at least 318,000 Covid-19 deaths between January…
In the news | Pharmaphorum
AI tool helps detect leprosy using pictures
Ann Aerts, head of the Novartis Foundation, tells us about AI4Leprosy, a diagnostic assistant researchers developed that helps healthcare workers detect leprosy with over 90% accuracy using pictures of a patient’s skin lesion. An international team of scientists — led…
In the news | Daily Mail
COVID-19 public health measures such as social distancing led to a nearly 40% decrease in emergency room visits for pink eye
Researchers at Microsoft worked together with Researchers at the University of Washington. During the pandemic, fewer people sought out care for pink eye due to coronavirus-inspired social distancing, increased handwashing and other health measures. Researchers analyzed both emergency department visits…
In the news | EurekAlert
First village-level mapping of childhood undernutrition in India reveals local disparities
The risk of childhood undernutrition varies widely among villages in India, according to new research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in collaboration with researchers at Harvard’s Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard’s Center for Population and Development…
In the news | Microsoft on the Issues
Microsoft launches Covid-19 vaccine dashboard that tracks administration of vaccines aligned with federal goal
As the world reaches the next stage in our collective fight against Covid-19 with the availability of vaccines, we’ve thrown in our support by mobilizing our AI for Health data science team, in collaboration with Dr. Ashish K. Jha at Brown School…
In the news | NTT Data
NTT DATA Using AI Diagnostic Imaging Technology to Increase Access to Tuberculosis Examinations for 100,000 People in India
NTT DATA Corporation, a leading digital business and IT services provider, in cooperation with the AI for Health1 program from Microsoft Corporation through its strategic investee company DeepTek Medical Imaging Pvt Ltd2 hereinafter referred to as “DeepTek”, in January 2021 began providing…