Lab profile
About CAIR
The Center advances and promotes research, education, and innovation in artificial intelligence with a focus on enhancing healthcare quality and safety. It fosters collaboration among professionals to drive AI innovation and application in healthcare, conducting cutting-edge research, facilitating educational programs, and creating AI-driven solutions that impact healthcare delivery.
Artificial Intelligence in HealthcareMedical Image AnalysisElectronic Health RecordsClinical InformaticsRemote MonitoringAlzheimer's Disease and Related DementiasDiabetic RetinopathyCardiovascular Medicine
01 · Research focus
Research areas and highlights
Topics and recent work as stated on the lab’s own site.
- Vision-Language Model Integrated Point-of-Care Diagnostic Tool for Diabetic Retinopathy Using Color Retinal ImagingDeveloping a portable vision-language model integrated with a handheld retinal camera to generate clinical summaries and predictions at the point of care for diabetic retinopathy screening in rural and underserved communities.
- AI-Driven Alzheimer's ResearchHarnessing artificial intelligence to integrate genomic risk factors with brain imaging data to uncover how distinct biological subtypes of Alzheimer's develop and progress.
02 · People
Leadership and researchers
People listed on the lab’s team pages, by role.
Metin Nafi GurcanDirector · Director, Wake Forest University School of Medicine; Senior Associate Dean, Wake Forest University School of Medicine; Professor, General Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (Winston-Salem)
Meredith C. B. AdamsProfessor, Pain, Anesthesiology (Winston-Salem)
Oguz AkbilgicProfessor, Cardiovascular Medicine (Winston-Salem)
Ajay DharodAssociate Professor, General Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (Winston-Salem)
Stephen M. DownsProfessor, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Pediatrics (Winston-Salem)
Ibrahim KarabayirAssistant Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine (Winston-Salem)
Eric S. KirkendallCo-Director, Center for Healthcare Innovations (CHI); Professor, Hospitalist, Pediatrics (Winston-Salem)
Da MaAssistant Professor, Gerontology and Geriatrics, Internal Medicine (Winston-Salem)
Mohammad J. MoghimiAssistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering (Winston-Salem)
Arezoo MovagharAssistant Professor, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Pediatrics (Winston-Salem)
Mostafa RezapourAssistant Professor, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (Winston-Salem)
Atalie ThompsonOphthalmologist at the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Eye Center at Davie Medical Center
Brian J. WellsAssociate Professor, Biostatistics and Data Science, Public Health Sciences (Winston-Salem)
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
- Governance and Responsible Deployment of AI-Enabled Pediatric Care.JAMA pediatrics · 2026
- LUCID: Intelligent Informative Frame Selection in Otoscopy for Enhanced Diagnostic Utility.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
- Paging the algorithm: applying the Best Available Human principle to graduate medical education.Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges · 2026
Active NIH grants
- Computational Phenotyping for Identification of Early Indictors of Down Syndrome Regression Disorder and Detection of at-risk PatientsArezoo Movaghar · OD · FY 2026
- Population-Based Validation of Low-Cost Accessible ECG-AI Screening for Heart Failure Subtyping in Breast Cancer SurvivorsIbrahim Karabayir · NHLBI · FY 2026
- Creative Applied Learning In Biomedical Informatics Research (CALIBIR) ProgramMetin Nafi Gurcan · NLM · FY 2026
04 · Updates
Updates and lab news
News and events from the lab’s own site.
- CAIR Hosts Annual Colloquium Focused on AI and Remote Monitoring in HealthcareEventOct 10, 2024 · school.wakehealth.edu
- 2025 Summer Research Internship ProgramEventschool.wakehealth.edu
- CAIR Faculty Member Awarded NIH Grant to Advance AI-Driven Alzheimer's ResearchAwardschool.wakehealth.edu
- Recipient Named for CAIR and UNC Charlotte's AI4Health Center Joint Pilot AwardAwardschool.wakehealth.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.