AI-powered health data research by Rady PhD student aims to improve patient outcomes and privacy
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Danica Hidalgo Cherewyk
Summary
Barret Monchka has spent the past few years at CHI investigating current data linkage practices and identifying key areas for improvement—work that laid the foundation for his PhD research.
AI-powered health data research by Rady PhD student aims to improve patient outcomes and privacy
October 8—Barret Monchka, a PhD student at the College of Community and Global Health (CCGH) in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, is advancing data linkage using artificial intelligence and improving patient data protection. His work aims to ensure more accurate research findings to inform health-care planning and policy.
Monchka, who holds a computer science degree from the University of Manitoba, is also a data analyst at the George & Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation (CHI)—a UM/Shared Health research unit…
