With a $4 billion research endowment and awarding more than half of the medical degrees earned in Texas each year, schools in the University of Texas System are at the forefront of medical innovations enabled by artificial intelligence.
With the nation's fastest academic supercomputer and a rich history of thought leadership in AI, The University of Texas at Austin is leading the way in a variety of areas, including brain health, vaccine development, and surgical decision support.
In January, UT Austin announced that 2024 wasThe Year of AIThis signals a commitment to leveraging the strength of the school's expertise across science, engineering, medicine and the liberal arts to address the recent momentum around artificial intelligence.
“Our opportunity in AI and health is truly a team sport,” said Claudia F. Lucchinetti, M.D., dean of Dell Medical School and senior vice chancellor of the University of Texas Medical Branch. “To have big impact, we're going to need big teams, big science, and big data.”
The first time the UT system was held AI in Healthcare Symposium Last week, Lucchinetti was joined by experts, including state senators. Tan Parker and John ZerwasVice Chancellor for Health Affairs at The University of Texas System, M.D., discussed statewide expertise and opportunities to leverage AI and machine learning to improve health and healthcare.
““We have a wide range of expertise across the system and across the state,” Lucchinetti said. “Our panel was a perfect example of how AI is transforming healthcare.”
