Congratulations Faiz Ahmad Khan! The project submitted by his team has just been awarded funding by l’Observatoire International sur les impacts sociétaux de l’IA et du numérique (OBVIA). OBVIA is supported by the FRQS. It aims to support communities, organizations, and individuals to maximize the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital health technologies. As part of the fist call for research proposals, funded projects will examine the societal impacts of AI and digital health.
Faiz’s project was ranked 1st and is among the first projects funded through this innovative competition. Congratulations Faiz! Using tuberculosis as an example, the study will evaluate the effectiveness and impact of diagnostic tools based on artificial intelligence to see how they influence health equity.
Project title.
AI “solutions” to global health challenges: an inter-disciplinary case study to critically evaluate the development and implementation of an artificial-intelligence based tool for diagnosing tuberculosis, the world’s leading infectious killer.
Team Members: Faiz Ahmad Khan (McGill University), Pierre-Marie David (Université de Montréal) and Sabaa Khan (University of Eastern Finland, School of Law).
Read the entire Press Release
- L’OBVIA finance trois premiers projets de recherche innovants. Observatoire international sur les impacts sociétaux de l’AI et du numérique. Dec 18, 2019.
Faiz Ahmad Khan is an Associate member of the Meakins-Christie Laboratories and a Junior Scientist within the RI-MUHC Respiratory Program.