Duke Experts Discuss the Potential of AI to Help Prevent, Detect and Treat Disease

10/15/24 News 1 min read

At the Duke Summit on AI for Health Innovation, Duke researchers including Jessilyn Dunn and David Carlson shared how AI could help detect illness earlier, understand the brain and design new treatments.

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Duke Experts Discuss the Potential of AI to Help Prevent, Detect and Treat Disease

Held October 9 to 11, the summit highlighted Duke research applying AI across health. Jessilyn Dunn, assistant professor of biomedical engineering and biostatistics and bioinformatics, discussed how her team uses data from smartwatches and other wearables to spot early signs of illness before symptoms appear, from diabetes risk to RSV, COVID-19 and the flu. David Carlson, associate professor, described work that could help researchers understand what happens in the brain during social situations and lead to new approaches for anxiety and depression. Monica Agrawal shared how AI could make health records easier to maintain and analyze.


Read more here: https://today.duke.edu/2024/10/duke-experts-discuss-potential-ai-help-prevent-detect-and-treat-disease