Health AI

Health AI (previously known as The International Digital Health and AI Research Collaborative, I-DAIR) has revised its organizational strategy to directly address the expressed needs of countries and the wider global health community. Globally, a lack of effective governance is increasing the risk and hindering adoption of Responsible AI solutions towards better health outcomes. AI and other emerging technologies have immense potential to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities around the world but they also bring a unique set of risks and challenges that must be addressed to safeguard individuals and communities from potential harms.

Through a collaborative and consultative process, a consensus was reached to position HealthAI as a premier implementing partner for countries, normative agencies, the private sector, and other stakeholders to ensure global standards of Responsible AI for health are actively applied in the push towards improved health and well-being outcomes for all in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Official website: https://www.healthai.agency/

AI4GH project

The AI4GH project seeks to enhance the implementation of responsible and gender-responsive AI in global health within low and lower-middle-income countries.

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Peiling Yap

Head of Hub and Consortium Principal Investigator

Dr. Yap is HealthAI's Chief Scientist, where she is currently co-steering the scientific and technical direction of HealthAI. She works with partners across the world on research topics such as pandemic preparedness and response, open health, antimicrobial resistance, and maternal and child health. Her recent research focuses on using mixed methodology in implementing and evaluating both analogue and digital public health interventions. Before joining HealthAI, Dr. Yap worked as a Senior Epidemiologist at the National Center for Infectious Diseases in Singapore and as an Epidemiologist at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, where she also earned her PhD in Epidemiology.

Yi-roe Tan

Consortium Principal Investigator

Yi-Roe Tan is the Country Implementation Manager for HealthAI. Currently, she manages the planning and implementation of projects with global partners on regulation of AI innovations in health. She is involved in stakeholder engagement across governments, regulatory agencies, international organizations, academic and research institutions, and civil society representatives. With a passion for evidence-based implementation and participatory approaches, she has previously worked with the Ministry of Health in Singapore on healthcare transformation programs at the hospital level using digital tools as enablers. Based in Singapore, she has also worked as a research fellow at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, employing mixed methods in implementing public health and community-based research projects. Having a background in Traditional Chinese Medicine, she has also been practicing as a Chinese physician.