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AI for post-cesarean care in Rwanda

Event Type
Ceremony/Service
Sponsor
Center for African Studies and IASL
Location
zoom
Date
Apr 14, 2025   12:00 pm  
Speaker
Prof. Bethany Hedt-Gauthier
Cost
free
Registration
Registration
Contact
Laila Moustafa
E-Mail
lhoussei@illinois.edu

Bio: Bethany Hedt-Gauthier is an Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and of Biostatistics at Harvard Chan School. She leads research on digital innovations to address persistent health systems gaps, with a focus on post-cesarean care in rural Rwanda.

Abstract: In this talk, Dr. Hedt-Gauthier will describe the use of AI to predict surgical site infections, as one component of a package to provide home-based post-cesarean care in rural Rwanda. She will discuss the results of nearly a decade of research, and the broader lessons learned about the potential and pitfalls of AI in global contexts.

 

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