Harvard Medical School received a $6 million donation from the Dunleavy Foundation to accelerate the cultivation of medical artificial intelligence talents. The donation will be mainly used to support its newly established "Doctoral Program in Medical Artificial Intelligence" and related programs for undergraduate and graduate students, such as hackathons and research internships. This move aims to cultivate more medical professionals who are proficient in AI technology to cope with the ever-changing changes in the medical industry and meet the growing demand for AI-based composite talents.
Harvard Medical School has recently announced that it has received an important donation from alumni, which will comprehensively accelerate the cultivation of medical artificial intelligence talents. The Dunleavy Foundation, led by Keith R. Dunleavy, a distinguished alumnus of the school and founder of Inovalon, a medical data analytics company, donated $6 million to Harvard Medical School to develop innovative educational programs in the field of medical artificial intelligence.
The funding will operate in the form of the Dunleavy Clinical Artificial Intelligence Fund, which includes a $1 million instant grant and a $5 million permanent fund. Funds will be mainly used to support graduate students, undergraduate students and postdoctoral researchers in clinical AI-related research. The fund's top priority is to expand the scale of the "Doctoral Program in Medical Artificial Intelligence" just launched in September this year, a strategic move launched by Harvard Medical School to adapt to changes in the medical industry.
"The doctors of the future will work in an environment supported by cognitively supported by artificial intelligence tools. To maintain a leading position in medical education, we must prepare for the future and make arrangements ahead of time."
Lucia R. Morris, a first-year doctoral student in the program, shared her learning experience. She said the program not only provides rigorous technical training, but also includes practical experience including clinical rotation. This allows students to apply AI technology to the clinical environment instead of just developing a model that is shelf.
The Department of Biomedical Informatics will also use this fund to carry out more innovative projects. These include hackathons for undergraduates, allowing students to explore innovative solutions using clinical data. At the same time, the department will also provide research internship opportunities for undergraduate and master students and provide guidance on the publication of academic papers.
As founder of the foundation, Dunleavy said: "By supporting cross-domain training, we hope to deliver more AI-proficient talents to the healthcare field." This is the best time to train medical AI experts at this time." "The viewpoint coincides.
This major donation not only reflects Harvard Medical School’s forward-looking layout in the cultivation of medical AI talents, but also highlights the urgent need for AI-based composite talents in the medical industry. By building a complete talent training system, Harvard Medical School is laying sufficient talent for AI innovation in the medical field.
Harvard Medical School's move has injected a booster into the development of medical artificial intelligence. Its forward-looking education layout and emphasis on talent cultivation will surely promote the progress and application of medical AI technology and ultimately benefit more patients.