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Centre Director – Professor Enrico Coiera
Researching AI and digital technologies for healthcare
The Centre for Health Informatics (CHI) is Australia’s largest and longest running academic research group in digital health and is one of four research centres within the Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI).
We research the design and safe use of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies in healthcare.
CHI is a multidisciplinary team of research scientists with priorities in:
- AI safety
- consumer informatics
- digital health for climate change
- human AI interaction
- machine learning for precision cancer diagnosis and treatment.
AI is reshaping healthcare, sparking both excitement and challenges. Despite flaws, its widespread use is undeniable. Researchers at CHI are leading the national conversation on harnessing AI to build a stronger, more adaptive health system – one ready to withstand future pressures and uncertainties.
Professor Enrico Coiera
CHI Director
About CHI and its mission
Our researchers play a pivotal role in the national conversation on how best to take advantage of AI in building a better health system, and in navigating the challenges this brings.
We’re driving change in AI and digital healthcare by making contributions to:
- Science: We facilitate break-through discoveries in AI and digital health technologies needed to support health service innovation.
- Policy: We provide expert input and leadership into government, shaping eHealth and digital health policy priorities and goals.
- Innovation: We work on the invention of novel information technologies and methods that can transfer into industry and health services.
- Education: We train future researchers in AI and digital health through postgraduate research degrees: educating clinicians and technologists through postgraduate programs.
CHI also leads the Australian Alliance for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (AAAiH), bringing together more than 150 national and international stakeholders working together to support and accelerate the adoption of AI enabled healthcare in Australia.
Our research streams
CHI has five streams under which we conduct research:
- AI for precision medicine
- AI systems safety
- Climate change and digital health
- Consumer informatics
- Interactive clinical AI.
Our research
Learn more about our research themes and the projects currently active under them.
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Our people
The centre comprises experts from diverse academic, industry, clinical and professional backgrounds.
Learn more about our members