RAISE Health Inaugural Seed Grant Recipients Announced

Stanford University’s RAISE Health initiative, a collaboration between Stanford Medicine and the Stanford Institute for Human Centered Artificial Intelligence, has awarded five seed grants totaling up to $500,000 to projects focused on the ethical, responsible and safe development of artificial intelligence in biomedicine. Each project will receive up to $100,000 in grant support.

“These seed grants reflect our deep commitment to projects that align with the principles of RAISE Health — responsible AI for safe and equitable health,” said Lloyd Minor, MD, dean of the Stanford School of Medicine and vice president for medical affairs at Stanford University. “By fostering research and initiatives that emphasize transparency, fairness and accountability, we can harness the transformative power of AI to improve patient outcomes, accelerate new discoveries and enhance the quality of care for all communities.”

The RAISE Health team awarded grants to research projects centered on building the trustworthiness of AI models; advancing evaluation methods for fair algorithms in health care; and developing programs that help patients, care providers and researchers navigate rapid AI advances. The projects range from creating reliable datasets for training AI models to refining methods for assessing how patients with multiple health conditions are impacted by disease. Projects were selected based on their alignment with the three pillars of RAISE Health:

Responsible: Creating and deploying AI systems that are transparent, fair and accountable; prioritizing patient privacy and data security; and mitigating algorithmic biases that could lead to disparities in health care outcomes.

Safe: Ensuring that AI systems can be trusted in health care settings and perform consistently under the range of conditions under which they will be used.

Equitable: Using these technologies in ways that respect human rights and benefit all community members.

“The projects awarded through the RAISE Health Seed Grant program exemplify our commitment to research that places humans at the center of AI innovation,” said James Landay, PhD, professor of computer science and co-director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. “Together, we can ensure that AI serves as a tool for empowerment, bridging gaps in health care and driving meaningful advancements that benefit everyone.”

Visit the RAISE Health website to learn more about the RAISE Health seed grant recipients and the focus of their projects.