This research theme examines innovations in health through the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and technological solutions. Programs include technological innovations in medical materials, AI for the assessment of mental and cognitive states, AI for detection of chronic illness risk and AI for health and security.
Title: Automated Mood Inference Tool for Relapse Prediction in Mood Disorders
Funding: Queensland Government| Queensland Health| Netcare Pty Ltd
Leader: Dr Rajib Rana
Project Team: Professor Sonja March | Professor Jeffrey Soar | Dr Niall Higgins
Project Partners: Netcare Pty Ltd
Using Artificial Intelligence to predict relapse in mood disorders from speech.
Title: Using Artificial Intelligence to prioritise emergency calls for suicide prevention dur to COVID-19 pandemic
Funding: Queensland Government| Queensland Health| Cogninet Australia
Leader: Dr Rajib Rana
Project Team: Professor Sonja March | Dr Jeffrey Soar | Dr Niall Higgins
Project Partners: Cogninet Australia
Using Artificial Intelligence to predict distress and suicide risk in emergency line calls.
Title: AI-Assisted Summarisation of Consumer History (‘ASCH’) – A Quality Improvement initiative for Suicide Prevention Practice
Funding: Queensland Health
Leader: Dr Rajib Rana
Project Team: Dr Kathryn Turner | Dr Niall Higgins| Dr Anthony R. Pisani| Dr Rory O’Connor
Using Artificial Intelligence as a method for quality improvement in suicide prevention.
Title: An AI-assisted STI Risk Assessment and Linkage to Care Coaching System: Your Life| Your Body and Your Privacy
Funding: Australian Government Department of Health: Activities to Support the National Response to Blood Borne Viruses (BBV) and Sexually Transmissible Infections (STI)
Leader: Dr Zhaohui Tang | Professor Yan Li
Project Team: Professor Amy Mullens | Sonya Osbourne | Judith Dean
Project Partners: University of Queensland | Queensland Positive People | Queensland Health | Queensland Council LGBTI Health
Using artificial intelligence to facilitate risk assessments for sexually transmitted infections and link to care.
Title: The Key Techniques Development for EEG Classification and Mass Brain Network Modelling
Funding: Shenzhen Delica Medical Equipment Co. Ltd
Leader: Professor Yan Li
Project Team: Professor Peng (Paul) Wen
Project Partners: Shenzhen Delica Medical Equipment Co. Ltd| Queensland Health
Using artificial intelligence to develop techniques for brain modelling via EEG.
Title: Developing an AI prediction model for Chronic Disease
Funding: Queensland Government (Advanced Queensland Fellowship)
Leader: Associate Professor Xujuan Zhou
Project Team: Professor Raj Gururajan | Floyd Leedie | Adjunct Professor Prabal D Barua
Project Partners: Goondir Health Services at Dalby | Cogninet Australia
Using artificial intelligence to predict risk of chronic disease.
Title: AI Based Efficacy assessment of rTMS technology in mental health assessment
Funding: Belmont Private Healthcare
Leader: Professor Raj Gururajan
Project Team: Professor Xiaohui Tao | Associate Professor Xujuan Zhou | Mary Williams | Adjunct Professor Soman Elangovan
Project Partners: Belmont Healthcare
Title: Using AI in postpartum assessment
Funding: SRM Institute of Science and Technology| India
Leader: Abinaya Goplakrishnan
Project Team: Professor Raj Gururajan | Associate Professor Xujuan Zhou | Professor Revathi Venkataraman
Project Partners: SRM Institute of Science and Technology| India
Using artificial intelligence to facilitate postpartum assessment.
Title: 3D bioengineered bone microenvironments to model tumourigenic properties
Funding: Department of Education
Leader: Dr Louisa Windus (UniSQ) | Alissa Reinke (PhD student)
Project Team: Professor Eliza Whiteside | Associate Professor Polly Burey | Dr Jessica Feldman | Dr Tristan Shelley | Dr Michael Roberts (DDH and UniSQ) | Associate Professor Chris Wall (DDH and UQ
Project Partners: Darling Downs Health| Sunny Queen Eggs| UQ
Using 3D bioengineered bone microenvironments to model tumourigenic properties.
Title: Development of 3D printed surgical guides for precision medicine in orthopaedics
Funding: Department of Education
Leader: Dr Michael Roberts
Project Team: Professor Eliza Whiteside | Associate Professor Polly Burey | Dr Tristan Shelley | Steph Piper (UniSQ) | Dr Viv Shridhar| Associate Professor Chris Wall and Dr Doogie Whitcombe (DDH and UQ)
Project Partners: Darling Downs Health | UQ
Using 3D printed surgical guides to facilitate precision medicine in orthopaedics.
Title: Developing and evaluating training models for medical students and clinicians
Funding: Department of Education
Leader: Professor Eliza Whiteside
Project Team: Associate Professor Kate Kauter | Associate Professor Polly Burey | Dr Tristan Shelley | Steph Piper (UniSQ) | Dr Rose Nicol and Dr Michael Roberts (DDH and UniSQ) | Dr Doogie Whitcombe (DDH and UQ) | Dr David Wedgwood (DDH and LifeFlight)
Project Partners: Darling Downs Health | UQ Rural Clinical Unit | Toowoomba
A project examining training models for medical students and clinicians.
Title: Single-use plastics recycling of hospital theatre waste
Funding: Department of Education
Leader: Dr Rose Nicol (UniSQ and DDH)
Project Team: Professor Eliza Whiteside | Associate Professor Polly Burey | Dr Tristan Shelley | Dr Michael Roberts (DDH and UniSQ) | Dr Doogie Whitcombe (DDH and UQ) | Dr David Wedgwood (DDH and LifeFlight)
Project Partners: Darling Downs Health | Ability Enterprise
A project examining strategies for reducing hospital theatre waste.
