Grant: Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) program

Artificial intelligence (AI) can improve health outcomes, but patients mostly affected by these tools rarely have a say in how they are developed. Without patient involvement, AI can create mistrust and confusion about its decisions. Unfortunately, there are few tools available to guide how patients can be involved in AI development. My project will fill this gap by partnering with patients and caregivers to co-develop a framework for guiding their involvement in designing AI tools. Working together with patients, AI developers, clinicians and policymakers, we will create a guide that centres patients' voices. By including patients in developing this framework, we aim to build trust and provide practical guidance to AI developers, ensuring new AI tools meet patients' needs and can improve health without causing harm.