Lab profile
About JCHI
The center revolutionizes healthcare through cutting-edge technology including wearables, apps, and AI-powered tools. It focuses on harnessing digital tools to enhance data access, foster transparent patient-provider communication, and enable individuals to take charge of their health through collaboration between healthcare professionals, researchers, and technology experts.
Artificial IntelligenceDigital HealthHealth InformaticsMental HealthMachine LearningSurgical InnovationPerioperative MedicinePatient Communication
01 · People
Leadership and researchers
People listed on the lab’s team pages, by role.
Karandeep SinghDirector · Executive Director, Jacobs Center for Health Innovation; Chief Health AI Officer, UC San Diego Health; Joan and Irwin Jacobs Endowed Chair in Digital Health Innovation, UC San Diego School of Medicine
Nicole MayCo-Director · Co-Director, Jacobs Center for Health Innovation; Senior Director, IS Project Management Office
Jeffrey PanCo-Director · Co-Director, Jacobs Center for Health Innovation; Director, IS Value Based Population Health
Robert El-KarehAssociate Chief Medical Officer, Transformation & Learning, UC San Diego Health
Alexander KhalessiChief Innovation Officer; Chair & Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, UC San Diego Health
Kevin PatrickProfessor, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health, UC San Diego
02 · 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
- Automated Assessment of OCT Angiography Image Quality Using the Artificial Intelligence Ready and Exploratory Atlas for Diabetes Insights Data Set.Ophthalmology science · 2026
- Avoiding common failures in AI for health and medicine.Cell · 2026
- Comparison of physician-authored and artificial intelligence-generated after-visit summaries: A blinded comparative study.Journal of hospital medicine · 2026
Active NIH grants
- Validation of a Digital Biomarker for Global AtherosclerosisMattheus Ramsis · NHLBI · FY 2026
- RAAB-AI: Reducing Automation and Anchoring Bias in AI SystemsShamim Nemati · NLM · FY 2026
- UNDERSTAND: Uplifting the New generation through DBT Education and Resilience for Social Triggers, Anxiety, Negativity, and DepressionNadir Weibel · NIMH · FY 2026
Clinical-trial records
- Using AI to Improve Sepsis Quality of Care in the Emergency DepartmentNCT07581340 · Completed
03 · Updates
Updates and lab news
News and events from the lab’s own site.
- Built With Patients in Mind: The Team Behind the MyUCSDHealth RedesignNewsJul 3, 2026 · healthinnovation.ucsd.edu
- Behind the Winning Idea: How a Machine Learning Researcher and Her Hackathon Team at UC San Diego Reimagined Surgical CoordinationNewsJun 9, 2026 · healthinnovation.ucsd.edu
- From Algorithms to Outcomes: Aaron Boussina, Ph.D., is Bringing Real-Time AI to the BedsideNewsMay 4, 2026 · healthinnovation.ucsd.edu
- First-of-Its-Kind AI Voice Tool Redefines GI Procedure Prep at UC San Diego HealthNewsApr 30, 2026 · healthinnovation.ucsd.edu
- Where Are We Now? Bias in Health AINewsApr 29, 2026 · healthinnovation.ucsd.edu
- Why many Americans are turning to AI for health advice, according to recent pollsNewsApr 16, 2026 · healthinnovation.ucsd.edu
- Changes in Clinician Time Expenditure and Visit Quantity With Adoption of Artificial Intelligence – Powered Scribes A Multisite StudyPublicationApr 1, 2026 · healthinnovation.ucsd.edu
- Health Systems Govern Only the Tip of the AI IcebergPublicationMar 26, 2026 · healthinnovation.ucsd.edu
04 · Official presence
Lab sources and channels
The lab’s own pages and accounts.
05 · Related
Related labs and centers
Labs at the same institution and labs working on similar topics.
Center for Computational Medicine and Clinical Artificial Intelligence University of ChicagoInstitute of Artificial Intelligence for Digital Health Cornell UniversityCenter for AI-enabled Learning Health Science Oregon Health & Science UniversityClemson-MUSC AI Hub Medical University of South Carolina