A multi-disciplinary research team at the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at Stellenbosch University has won the Health and Life Sciences category of the Nature Awards AI for Discovery in London.
The award recognises the scientists application of artificial intelligence (AI) to research the world’s most infectious diseases.
Prof Houriiyah Tegally from Stellenbosch University and her team of scientists are developing and applying AI approaches to analyse pathogen genomes to investigate how infectious diseases evolve and spread.
Tegally had this to say, “It’s incredible to be recognised by this award particularly because it highlights the potential of using artificial intelligence to address the biggest challenges in global health. Our research brings together AI, genomics, epidemiology and environmental data to better understand infectious diseases, where they emerge and where the next outbreaks might occur. With AI information is allowing us to do is to connect enormous amounts of complex information, identify patterns that we might otherwise miss and excelerate and effect discovery.”
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