Artificial intelligence is nothing new — and actually has origins right here in New Hampshire, with the term coined at Dartmouth College in the 1950s. But despite being nearly 70 years old, AI is certainly having a moment in the last year, with programs like ChatGPT putting this once-futuristic technology into the hands of lay people. But AI’s capabilities go far beyond generating paragraphs of written content in seconds, and copying the voices of popular singers with unnerving accuracy — AI has the power to make health care more streamlined, accessible and equitable.
Dartmouth Health and Dartmouth Cancer Center partnered with Dartmouth College’s Geisel School of Medicine, Thayer School of Engineering and undergraduate arts and sciences program to launch the Dartmouth Center for Precision Health and Artificial Intelligence in the last year. Based at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, CPHAI uses AI to aggregate patient data for optimal patient care and outcomes. CPHAI’s research and innovations aim to improve public health and advance health care delivery, while upholding the highest ethical standards in the use of AI.
Precision health is a holistic approach that aims to personalize health care by tailoring treatments and disease prevention strategies to a person’s unique biology — their genes, medical history, lifestyle and environment. CPHAI aims to train future leaders in AI and precision health, and conduct research leading to advancements in AI-driven preci.