Data science in general, and artificial intelligence (AI) including machine learning in particular, will fundamentally transform society, including the healthcare sector. AI is expected to become an integral part of our daily health, healthcare, health research, and health education. It will impact everyone: patients, citizens, employees, teachers, and students. Diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, monitoring and screening of health and diseases will all be impacted. For the UMC Utrecht, this means that the way of working, doing research and providing education will change significantly. Data Science and AI will therefore become a focus of our health(care) research and education in the coming era.
The UMC Utrecht aims to be a leading expertise and research center for AI in health(care), nationally and internationally. Our data science and AI activities are developed throughout the UMC Utrecht and embedded in our organisational structure. Besides optimizing and streamlining our already existing data science expertise at UMC Utrecht, we also aim to create a sustainable data science infrastructure. With this focus, UMC Utrecht will establish long term collaborations with relevant national and international private and public parties.
The UMC Utrecht data science program aims to integrate data science and AI into daily healthcare, health research, and health education. It also focuses on establishing a collaborative community and infrastructure for “AI in Health” between UMC Utrecht and Utrecht University (UU), while setting up five “Health AI labs” within the Utrecht Life Sciences community.
The UMC Utrecht data science program includes:
The themes of the Health AI Labs represent the data science and AI research expertise and will cover existing and future novel projects aligned with the UMC Utrecht and UU (& ULS) strategies.
At the Health AI Labs of UMC Utrecht, we work closely with the AI Labs of Utrecht University. Together, we form the Utrecht AI Labs: a collaborative network where academic and clinical expertise meet to advance artificial intelligence.
By joining forces on shared AI themes, we strengthen both scientific research and societal impact. We learn from each other’s knowledge and experience, and together we explore new ideas that push the boundaries of AI innovation.
A great example of this collaboration is the AI Lab for Healthy Living, which is active at both institutions. This lab combines the strengths of UU and UMC Utrecht to address health-related challenges through AI.
These partnerships foster the exchange of knowledge, expertise, funding opportunities, and education - building a vibrant AI ecosystem in Utrecht.
