Prof. Patricia Maguire
Director AI Healthcare Hub, Professor School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science and Director UCD Institute for Discovery
Ms. Ana Le Chevillier
Manager, UCD AI Healthcare Hub
The AIHH unites interdisciplinary experts committed to accelerating AI-driven translational research towards real, tangible benefits for patients.
The University College Dublin AI Healthcare Hub (UCD AIHH) is a new initiative that brings together a growing interdisciplinary community of researchers who are engaged in transformative and highly multidisciplinary, data-rich, healthcare-focused research projects. These range from large-scale, trans-institutional endeavours to small-scale pilot research aimed at generating key preliminary data for future funding.
AI-driven translational research for better health outcomes
The UCD AIHH aims to address the most pressing healthcare challenges. Through this community of practice, it enables researchers to share current initiatives and access emerging AI technology and state-of-the-art insights through networking events, seminars and workshops. Additionally, the hub provides opportunities to secure seed funding to accelerate ideas that leverage AI.
Participation in global academic networks such as NAiXUS, UBIAS and Una Europa provides researchers with valuable opportunities for international collaboration, further amplifying the impact and reach of their work.
Expertise accelerates interdisciplinary healthcare research
The hub is spearheaded by Professor Patricia Maguire and an interdisciplinary leadership team from across the university and associated hospitals. Their combined expertise and visionary leadership are instrumental in advancing the hub’s mission to revolutionise healthcare through the application of AI, ensuring that the UCD AIHH remains at the forefront of transformative research and development in this critical field.
Current projects incubating in the hub
are focused on personalised medicine,
AI-driven diagnostics and predictive analytics.
AI-powered innovation for real-world impact
Current projects incubating in the hub are focused on personalised medicine, AI-driven diagnostics and predictive analytics to deliver better patient outcomes. The flagship project, AIPREMie, addresses the global health challenge of preeclampsia, a life-threatening complication that can affect 1 in every 12 pregnancies and results in significant maternal and infant morbidities and mortalities worldwide. AIPREMie is an AI-driven clinical decision support tool designed to aid clinicians in diagnosing and assessing the risk of preeclampsia, ultimately optimising health outcomes for both mother and baby.
Driven by a highly interdisciplinary team
AIPREMie is being developed in collaboration with three of the top Irish maternity hospitals — Rotunda, Coombe and the National Maternity Hospital — as well as industry leaders Microsoft and SAS. Its potential to revolutionise the management of preeclampsia has garnered significant international acclaim and recognition, including the AI Awards 2022 for Best Application of AI to achieve Social Good and the Analytics Institute’s Analytics and AI Awards 2023 Social Impact Award.
In 2023, the International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI), under the auspices of UNESCO, selected AIPREMie as one of the world’s top 100 projects using AI to solve problems related to the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Learn more about the UCD AI Healthcare hub at www.ucd.ie/aihh
Visit ucd.ie/discovery/aihealthcarehub for more details.
