{"id":13719,"date":"2018-02-21T10:28:36","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T14:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/?p=13719"},"modified":"2025-12-18T12:25:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T17:25:22","slug":"dhi-spring18-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/2018\/02\/21\/dhi-spring18-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Health Initiative Hosts Special Research Award Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>*Due to the weather forecast, this event has been\u00a0postponed from its original date of March 13, 2018; it will now take place on Thursday, March 22, 2018.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Join the Hariri Institute for Computing and Institute for Health System Innovation &amp; Policy for a discussion about the current Digital Health Initiative (DHI) research proposal call. The event will include a briefing on the current proposal call, presentations from past DHI award recipients, and a unique networking opportunity.<\/p>\n<p><span>Thursday, March 22, 2018<br \/>\n10:30 am &#8211; 12:30 pm<br \/>\nHariri Institute for Computing<br \/>\n111 Cummington Mall<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The event is free, but interested participants are requested to\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/digitalhealth\/events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RSVP<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Event speakers include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/ioannis-paschalidis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ioannis Paschalidis<\/a>\u00a0(ECE, ENG) &amp; George Kasotakis\u00a0(Surgery, MED) &#8211; DHI Research Award recipients<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/compbiomed\/people\/faculty\/honghuang-lin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Honghuang Lin<\/a>\u00a0(Medicine, MED) &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/profile\/rhoda-au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rhoda Au<\/a>\u00a0(Neurology, MED) &#8211;\u00a0<span>DHI Research Award recipients<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cs\/profiles\/kate-saenko\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kate Saenko, PhD<\/a>, (Director, AI Research Initiative)<\/li>\n<li>Remarks by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ihsip\/profile\/jonathan-woodson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonathan Woodson<\/a>\u00a0(Director, IHSIP) &amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/azer-bestavros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Azer Bestavros<\/a>\u00a0(Director, Hariri Institute for Computing)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>The Boston University Digital Health Initiative (DHI) is a collaborative effort\u00a0between the\u00a0Institute for Health System Innovation\u00a0and Policy and the Hariri Institute for Computing, two of BU\u2019s university-wide research institutes.\u00a0<\/span><span color=\"#000000\">As one component of the collaboration, the DHI provides\u00a0funding to faculty for the pursuit of digital health research projects, with an\u00a0annual call for proposals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The current Digital Health Initiative funding call aims to support research that examines the leveraging of technologies and methodologies from computing and data sciences to tackle a range\u00a0of\u00a0applications\u00a0related to healthcare systems, from medical informatics to healthcare delivery and patient activation. Innovations at this nexus of technologies, methodologies, and applications hold great promise for improving the quality, efficiency, and accessibility of healthcare, with significant benefits to the economy and society.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Special consideration will be given to projects that incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) approaches in the development, deployment, and assessment of novel digital health solutions. Such approaches can include tools and technologies that draw from computer vision, natural language processing, machine learning, robotics, human-computer interaction, or combinations thereof to address critical healthcare and health system needs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Interested BU faculty are invited to\u00a0visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/digitalhealth\/funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DHI website<\/a> to learn more about the DHI Research Awards and submit a proposal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span color=\"#000000\">Please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/digitalhealth\/connect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sign-up<\/a> for the DHI\u00a0mailing list to receive announcements about future\u00a0opportunities.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*Due to the weather forecast, this event has been\u00a0postponed from its original date of March 13, 2018; it will now take place on Thursday, March 22, 2018. 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