Fei Wang, Professor of Population Health Sciences and Emergency Medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College and Founding Director of the WCM Institute of AI for Digital Health (AIDH) speaks with Pitt HexAI guest host Brent Phillips about Dr. Wang’s work at Cornell and about Cornell’s new Institute of AI for Digital Health. Dr. Wang and Brent also discuss new and existing data sources for health AI research, the evolution and power of complex machine learning models and their impact on informatics and computational health fields, education in the AI age and about explainable AI and advice for private sector companies interested in collaborating with academic institutions.

Adolph J. Yates Jr., MD, Chief of Orthopedics at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Shadyside, speaks with Pitt HexAI guest host Jamie Gramz, Senior Director of Digital Strategy and Business Development with Siemens Healthineers, about Dr. Yate's work specializing in hip and knee replacement as well as knee arthroscopy and his work as a professor and vice chairman for quality management within the UPMC's Department of Orthopedic Surgery. Jamie and Dr. Yates discuss in detail artificial intelligence and the future of orthopedics, how AI and machine learning are being used to support hip and knee replacements, the availability and adoption of machine learning models, collaboration between universities and hospitals around applications of AI and about Dr. Yates views on explainable AI.

Elizabeth Skidmore, a Professor of Occupational Therapy at the University of Pittsburgh and Associate Dean for Research at Pitt’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, speaks with Pitt HexAI podcast host Jordan Gass-Pooré about Beth’s work as an occupational therapist and rehabilitation scientist with expertise in neurological rehabilitation. Beth and Jordan discuss rehabilitation sciences, intervention program design, program implementation, fidelity, applications of artificial intelligence and the training of occupational therapists in the AI age.