UH Secures $12M for AI in Medicine

By Alex Martinez

University of Hawaiʻi researchers have secured a substantial $12 million NIH grant to establish the Pacific Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in Medicine (PAC-AID). This five-year initiative will leverage AI and data science to accelerate biomedical discoveries, aiming to dramatically improve health outcomes across Hawaiʻi, the broader Pacific region, and globally.

Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center and UH Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine have been awarded a $12 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
According to the University of Hawaiʻi System News, this funding will establish the Pacific Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in Medicine (PAC-AID).
The primary goal of PAC-AID is to accelerate biomedical discoveries through the application of artificial intelligence and data science.
As reported by HigherGov, the grant, identified as P20GM161995, was awarded through the NIH's Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) program.
The center aims to improve health outcomes for people in Hawaiʻi, the broader Pacific region, and globally.
The five-year award, totaling approximately $12 million, is expected to run through February 2031 and will also renovate the UH Cancer Center Data Center to establish a new Medical AI Core.

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