Harnessing AI to improve women’s health

The George Institute's Women’s Health Program aims to improve the health of women and girls around the world by adopting a life course and equity approach. We are a global group of researchers, clinicians, policy and advocacy specialists, and communications specialists who are passionate about improving the lives and health of women and girls through conducting high-quality, innovative and cutting-edge research.

AI and women’s health

Artificial intelligence is changing our world with exciting potential to improve women’s health. Some examples include improved diagnosis, prediction of future disease, clinical decision support, health worker training and continuous supportive supervision, and rapid evidence synthesis. However, AI also brings challenges, with the risk of entrenching biases for groups underrepresented in large datasets used to train AI models, the risk of hallucinations, a changing regulatory environment, concerns around the energy required, and safety concerns for use in clinical practice.

Climate and women’s health

The effects of climate change are not gender neutral. Climate change has both direct and indirect effects on women’s health and addressing the effects of climate change to protect populations is an urgent global issue. Together with the Planetary Health group, we aim to understand the physiological, biological, social and lived experiences of women and girls most affected by climate change.