Workgroups

To accelerate systemwide collaboration and execution, UT REAL Health AI established four key workgroups:

1. Pilot Projects
   1. Co-designs AI solutions to improve care, operational efficiency, and workforce readiness.
2. AIMS 
   1. To accelerate the impact, safe, and scalable adoption of AI across the UT Health System by delivering a unified AI management system (AIMS). This system is built on a shared framework and powered by a robust technology stack that translates AI learnings into system-wide impact.
3. Education & Upskilling
   1. Builds a foundational training and education framework to prepare the UT workforce and learners for safe, ethical AI adoption.
4. AI Maturity Framework
   1. Benchmarks AI adoption across institutions and provides a roadmap to accelerate system readiness.

Workgroup Members

Pilot Projects Workgroup

• Project Leads: Hongfang Liu and Edward Sankary
• Project Team: James Buntrock, Kumar Sharma, John Yoder, Eric Martinez, and Eric Peterson

AIMS Workgroup

• Project Leads: Shawn Stapleton and Xiaoqian Jiang
• Project Team: Edward Sankary, Peter McCaffrey, and DuWayne Willett

Education & Upskilling Workgroup

• Project Leads: Susan Fenton and Susan McBride
• Project Team: Xiaoqian Jiang, Shawn Stapleton, Nyma Shah, Lauren Payne, Eric Martinez, Heidi Jacobe, and Lucy Palmer

AI Maturity Framework Workgroup

• Project Lead: David Jaffery
• Project Team: Claus Jenson, Jiajie Zhang, Hongfang Liu, Peter McCaffery, Brian Evans, and Tammye Garrett

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