'AI in the clinic' Network Event

Description

‘AI in the Clinic’ is a new Wellcome Trust funded project, awarded in the recent themed call for Seed Projects exploring AI and Healthcare in the Social Sciences and Humanities. The project is led by Dr Annamaria Carusi (Principal Investigator), who is joined in the research team by Prof Ian Sabroe and Peter Winter.

The focus of the project is on multiple, intersecting AI applications in real world clinical contexts. In these contexts, AI applications are not single, discrete entities, but are interconnected with other AI applications, and with existing practices and technologies, that all affect patients’ diagnoses and treatments.This project studies the interactions among multiple AI applications in the complex socio-technical environment of a leading national Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) unit, where AI is being researched for implementation into diagnostic imaging, biomarker identification, and clinical presentation.

The project team will conduct three main activities:

- Study the development process of AI applications, with a view to their implementation alongside multiple AI applications in real clinical contexts.
- Conduct a pilot study of putting into practice the principles of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) in AI.
- Participate in and organise network activities to build a robust research community on ubiquitous AI in complex clinical contexts.

The project is a collaboration between University of Sheffield Medical Humanities, iHuman, Insigneo, and the STH/Royal Hallamshire Hospital’s Pulmonary Cardiovascular Diseases Unit.
Collaborators in the PH unit

Prof David Kiely (Head of PVDU, internationally regarded expert in imaging)

Dr Andy Swift (Wellcome Intermediate Fellow and expert in MRI imaging and use of machine learning to develop new imaging algorithms)

Dr Allan Lawrie (BHF Senior Fellow, head of Pulmonary Vascular Research Group, and expert in biomarkers, genetics, and basic science of pulmonary hypertension)

Iain Armstrong (Consultant Nurse, Chair of UK Pulmonary Hypertension Association, and facilitator of patient engagement for the project)


Collaborator in Computer Science

Prof Fabio Ciravegna (Professor of Computer Science, expert in knowledge and information management over large scales, working on tracking physical activity to provide contextual information relating to patientswith pulmonary disorders).


Steering Committee

Prof Mette Svendsen (PI of MeInWe, University of Copenhagen; host of research visit, ethnography of AI in clinical context)

Prof Helen Kennedy (Digital Society, University of Sheffield), expert in digital technologies, specifically big data in everyday life, has several funded projects in this field, and is currently developing research in algorithmic bias.

Prof Paul Martin (Sociology, University of Sheffield)

Prof Blanca Rodriguez (Computational Medicine, University of Oxford; host of research visit, development and application of AI in clinical context)

Period	26 Mar 2021
Event type	Workshop
Location	Sheffield, United KingdomShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International