AI&DHI and e-HAIL have Joined Forces

AI & Digital Health Innovation and e-HAIL have merged operations to form a one stop shop for health AI researchers across the university seeking research support.

All U-M researchers interested in health AI can now look to AI&DHI for support across the full spectrum of research including collaborative brainstorming, matching researchers across campus, creating proof-of-concepts, proposal development, deidentified health data, compute resources, and pilot/trial implementation. 

“I’m excited to have AI&DHI provide the support needed to unite health AI researchers at Michigan Medicine with AI experts across campus,” said Dr. Steve Kunkel, Executive Vice Dean for Research, Peter A Ward Distinguished University Professor of Pathology and Endowed Professor of Pathology Research at Michigan Medicine. “We are now poised to quickly respond to the rapidly changing environment of health AI research.”

“It can be difficult for researchers to know where to turn for health AI support. AI&DHI is now in position to provide any form of support a researcher might need. If you’re a researcher interested in health AI, make AI&DHI the first place you visit for your research needs.”

Brahmajee Nallamothu
Co-director, AI&DHI;
Stevo Julius Research Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine,
Michigan Medicine

The name e-HAIL will continue to be used for the community charged with collaboration and proposal development support for health AI research funding. Dr. Rada Mihalcea, Janice M. Jenkins Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, and Dr. Akbar Waljee will retain their roles as co-conveners for e-HAIL and will join the leadership at AI&DHI to help guide the initiative’s overall direction.

“We’re excited to join the expanded support team for health AI research,” said Dr. Mihalcea. “The College of Engineering and other campus schools have much to offer in the advancement of health AI research.”

Jenna Wiens, PhD, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at at the College of Engineering and Co-director, AI&DHI, shared Dr. Mihalcea’s sentiments.

“e-HAIL is a powerful model for collaborative health AI research, creating meaningful connections between clinical researchers and AI faculty,” Wiens said. “By joining forces with AI & Digital Health Innovation, we can augment those connections with data and compute resources to drive new breakthroughs.”

The use of health AI is growing exponentially. Researchers need support to respond to this rapidly expanding environment, and the integration of AI&DHI and e-HAIL is well positioned to provide it..

“It can be difficult for researchers to know where to turn for health AI support,” said Dr. Brahmajee Nallamothu, co-director of AI&DHI and Stevo Julius Research Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine. “AI&DHI is now in position to provide any form of support a researcher might need. If you’re a researcher interested in health AI, make AI&DHI the first place you visit for your research needs.”