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UC San Diego today announced the establishment of the Institute for Applied Health Intelligence, a multidisciplinary hub designed to leverage the latest digital technology to improve health care delivery and patient outcomes. As artificial intelligence (AI) accelerates health innovation, the institute will harness transformative ideas — backed by rigorous research and implemented with agility — to achieve scalable, reliable health outcomes for all.
“This institute reflects UC San Diego’s enduring commitment to innovation without boundaries,” said UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla. “It embodies our strategic vision to transcend traditional silos, foster a deeply collaborative culture, and deliver transformative impact in education, research and care.”
The new institute positions UC San Diego as a global leader of the rapidly emerging field of health intelligence — an approach that turns vast amounts of health data into practical insights that help people live healthier lives. Combining speed, state-of-the-art research infrastructure and cross-disciplinary expertise will allow the institute to tackle systemic challenges at scale and generate innovative new solutions.
“The convergence of computational power and biological insight represents the next frontier of medicine,” said John Carethers, MD, vice chancellor for Health Sciences at UC San Diego. “By erasing the traditional boundaries between engineering, medicine, business and data science, we are creating a collaborative ecosystem where the most complex health challenges are met with a unified, university-wide response.”