AI-powered platform aims to transform social work training
A new artificial intelligence simulation platform aims to transform how social workers are trained, offering students realistic, hands-on experience with lifelike virtual clients before they ever enter the field. The platform, called Empathy Helper, was developed by a multidisciplinary team of social work educators, mental health professionals, and AI experts.
Unique chatbot is trained to help people with eating disorders
Can a chatbot for eating disorders improve access to care? This is what Dr. Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft is trying to achieve through a new study. She’s an associate professor of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis and an associate professor of psychiatry at WashU School of Medicine.
AI-based breast cancer risk technology receives FDA Breakthrough Device designation
Software developed at WashU Medicine on accelerated path to approval.
Sleep data from wearable device may help predict preterm birth
WashU interdisciplinary research uses machine learning to offer accurate prediction of preterm birth.
Brown School researchers study AI’s role in pediatric cancer care
This summer, Cindy Kang, a Ph. D student, is working under the mentorship of Brown School Professor Kim Johnson to study how AI can help predict the risk of metastasis at the time of a child’s initial cancer diagnosis. Metastases account for a large portion of cancer-related deaths in children.
AI-based brain-mapping software receives FDA market authorization
Technology developed at WashU Medicine locates sensitive areas to enhance precision neurosurgery.
Predicting pain with machine learning
Researchers at WashU are using machine learning to better predict who will experience persistent pain after surgery.
WashU Law embeds AI in legal research curriculum for all first-year students
By the end of their first year, every first year JD student starting in 2025 at WashU Law will be proficient not only in traditional legal research but also in the fundamentals of generative AI, a dual fluency that sets them apart at summer placements and beyond.
Inaugural AI for Health seed funding program awards nearly $300,000
Program from AI for Health Institute, Here and Next supports interdisciplinary research in AI and health.
Eating disorder chat tool could improve access to care
Eating disorders are one of the deadliest forms of mental illness, but less than 20% of people with these disorders end up finding help. “There’s a huge need for access to care,” said Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, an associate professor of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences and of psychiatry at the School of Medicine, all at […]