Personalized Medicine For All
Overview
Health Equity is a newly established research focus area in the Coulter Department centered on improving health outcomes across all populations by addressing gaps in healthcare access, quality, and effectiveness. Through the application of advanced biomedical technologies, researchers aim to better understand and reduce variations in health outcomes influenced by biological, environmental, and systemic factors.
This area emphasizes the development of practical, scalable solutions that improve healthcare delivery and patient outcomes, with a strong focus on real-world impact and translational research.
Research Focus
Health Equity research at Coulter BME leverages interdisciplinary tools to:
- Develop Accessible Medical Technologies: Designing diagnostic tools, devices, and models that are effective and usable across a wide range of patient populations and clinical settings
- Apply Data-Driven Health Solutions: Using AI, machine learning, and data science to uncover patterns in health outcomes and inform more effective interventions
- Foster Community Engagement: Collaborating with healthcare professionals and organizations to understand challenges in underserved settings and co-develop solutions that improve care delivery
- Promote Ethical AI and Diagnostics: Ensuring fairness and transparency in healthcare technologies
Health Equity research in the Coulter Department is positioned to collaborate with a wide range of interdisciplinary centers and institutes, including:
- Georgia Tech
- Center for Health Analytics & Informatics (CHAI)
- Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems (CHHS)
- Institute for People and Technology (IPaT)
- Institute for Data Engineering and Science (IDEaS)
- Emory University
- Center for the Advancement of Diagnostics for a Just Society (ADJUST)
- Empathetic AI for Health Institute (AI Health)
These partnerships will help drive impactful, community-informed research and ensure that biomedical innovations are inclusive, equitable, and scalable.
