At the University of Detroit Mercy, students and faculty in the College of Health Professions are working to harness the power of artificial intelligence to help the local community.
Phillip Olla, Ph.D., an associate professor in the college, has been working to develop the Detroit Mercy Center for Augmenting Intelligence in Urban Health, which he describes as a "solutions hub" that will use technology and artificial intelligence to address community health care needs.
Olla said that Detroit Mercy Center for Augmenting Intelligence in Urban Health is exploring how to use AI to address the health care challenges unique to an urban setting. This began with a forum on the university's McNichols campus at the end of February, which brought together faculty and students from across different disciplines to meet with representatives from Amazon Web Services.
"We have everything at our doorstep: We have great partners, and we have a great community that is aware of the issues and looking for solutions," he said. "Detroit is an ideal solution for this AI health care innovation center because you see all the problems you are solving, and you see very quickly the impact (the solution can have)." For example, Olla and his students have already begun using the technology to address food insecurity in Detroit, particularly when it comes to healthy and fresh vegetables.
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