Centre to advance artificial intelligence in healthcare launched

Image: (L-R) NTU Distinguished University Professor, Vice President (AI & Digital Economy) and Dean, College of Computing & Data Science (CCDS), Prof Luke Ong; Prof Joe Sim, Group CEO, National Healthcare Group; NTU Senior Vice-President (Health and Life Sciences), Distinguished University Professor and Co-Director of Centre of AI in Medic (C-AIM), Prof Joseph Sung; Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Digital Development and Information, Mr Tan Kiat How; Chairman of NTU Singapore’s Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Mr Lim Chuan Poh; NTU Vice President (Research), Distinguished University Professor, Prof Ernst Kuipers; NTU Senior Deputy Dean, CCDS, Associate Vice President, Capability Building and Co-Director of C-AIM, Prof Miao Chun Yan at the launch event on Monday (30 Sep).

To advance artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, NTU and the National Healthcare Group (NHG) are pioneering a new centre to bridge the gap between innovative AI technologies and their practical applications in medicine.

The new Centre of AI in Medicine (C-AIM), spearheaded by NTU’s Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine), aims to revolutionise patient care and inform public health policies through its research activities.

The new centre will focus on four key clinical domains: mental health, elderly frailty, medical imaging, and cancer screening, to drive its research and innovation efforts. This is in line with Singapore’s second National AI Strategy (NAIS 2.0)  to encourage the roll-out of AI-driven healthcare solutions and tools.

The centre was officially launched today by Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Digital Development and Information, Mr Tan Kiat How.