Lab profile
About AI@VP&S
The AI at VP&S Initiative aims to empower clinicians and researchers with the knowledge, tools, and training needed to harness AI's full potential in medicine. The initiative focuses on enhancing clinical decision-making, improving patient care, transforming healthcare delivery, and building an AI-literate healthcare workforce through groundbreaking research and hands-on education.
01 · Research focus
Research areas and highlights
Topics and recent work as stated on the lab’s own site.
- EchoNextFirst FDA-cleared AI tool that analyzes routine ECGs to detect hidden structural heart disease in patients.
02 · People
Leadership and researchers
People listed on the lab’s team pages, by role.
03 · Research intelligence
Research Intelligence evidence
Publications, grants and clinical trials linked to the lab’s researchers in Health AI Central’s research data.
Publications & preprints
- Developing and validating a sequence-aware deep learning model for infection risk prediction in home care.International journal of medical informatics · 2026
- Divergent impacts of explainable AI for dermatological diagnosis on clinicians versus lay people.Nature medicine · 2026
- A framework for longitudinal health AI agents.Nature health · 2026
Active NIH grants
- Tackling Disparity with Sound: Audio-Recorded Patient-Clinician Communication for Early Detection of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Black Older AdultsMaryam Zolnoori · NIA · FY 2026
- Federated learning algorithms to overcome statistical and algorithmic bias and privacy concerns in machine learning for healthNoémie Elhadad · NLM · FY 2026
- Development of a Screening Algorithm for Timely Identification of Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early Dementia in Home HealthcareMaryam Zolnoori · NIA · FY 2026
Clinical-trial records
- Cardiac Amyloidosis Discovery TrialNCT06469372 · Completed
04 · Updates
Updates and lab news
News and events from the lab’s own site.
- AI at VP&S Research Forum: Predictive Analytics and Clinical Risk ModelingEventOct 13, 2026 · events.columbia.edu
- New Breast Cancer Test Spots Hidden Pattern Linked to Survival ChancesNewsJul 24, 2026 · newsweek.com
- AI Tool Designed To Catch Hidden Heart Disease Receives FDA Approval, Will Be Clinically AvailableNewsJun 23, 2026 · dbmi.columbia.edu
- 2026 Summer School in Observational Health Data Science & Informatics, AI, and Real World EvidenceEventJun 22, 2026 · columbiauniversity1.regfox.com
- RAIIDIUS: Responsible AI for Infectious Disease Intervention, Understanding, & SurveillanceEventJun 9, 2026 · ai.columbia.edu
- AI as a New Health Information ExpertEventMay 14, 2026 · datascience.columbia.edu
- AI at VP&S 2026 ShowcaseEventApr 28, 2026 · dbmi.columbia.edu
- Strategies Towards a Professional Future with AI, Clinical Research Innovations Highlight AI at VP&S ShowcaseEventApr 10, 2026 · dbmi.columbia.edu
05 · Official presence
Lab sources and channels
The lab’s own pages and accounts.
06 · Related
Related labs and centers
Labs at the same institution and labs working on similar topics.