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A Yale-led team, in partnership with Indiana University, awarded a five-year, $9.5 million NIH grant to establish and lead the AI-Powered Coordinating Center (AICC) for the NIA's Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory (AITC) Program on Aging and AD/ADRD Research. Led by Principal Investigator Hua Xu, PhD, alongside Co-Investigators Thomas M. Gill, MD, and Xenophon Papademetris, PhD, of Yale, and Andrew J. Saykin, PsyD, of Indiana University, the AICC will serve as the national hub connecting five AITC centers to coordinate activities, streamline administration, and accelerate the translation of AI-enabled technologies for older adults and people living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, through July 2031.

Yale School of Medicine is launching a new Master of Health Science in Medical Artificial Intelligence, a graduate degree combining flexible online learning with in-person sessions at Yale, designed to train professionals to develop and implement AI tools across clinical and healthcare settings.

Jiang and Cheng Awarded Yale POINTS Grant for Low-Cost Long-Read Sequencing Platform. The award totals $150,000 and runs from July 2026 through June 2028.

Yale School of Medicine researchers now have access to Truveta Data, a real-world data platform providing de-identified electronic health records (EHR) for more than 120 million patients across the U.S., updated daily. This gives Yale investigators a large, current, and geographically diverse complement to institution-specific data sources.

Daniella Meeker, PhD (Biomedical Informatics and Data Science), received a $1,408,224 R61 grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIH) for "Beyond Today: Building a Federated Infrastructure for Lifespan Health and Disease Research." She serves as MPI alongside Contact PI Helen Pushkarskaya, PhD (Yale), with co-investigators Elisabet Borsheim, PhD, and Amanda M. Dettmer, PhD.

Nearly 80% of graduates secured doctoral programs or employment within months of completing the program.

Faculty in the Department of Biomedical Informatics & Data Science at Yale School of Medicine received $570,000 in new grants and contracts in support of real-world evidence research and clinical data science.

On April 13, Yale Biomedical Informatics and Computing's Research Informatics Office (RIO) hosted the inaugural Yale Cosmos Datathon at 101 College Street.

Members from the Yale University were honored at the 2026 Translational Science meeting by the Association for Clinical and Translational Science.