The NYU School of Global Public Health (NYU GPH) has joined a global initiative to reimagine how cities use artificial intelligence to tackle heart health inequalities. It starts in New York City.

The AI4HealthyCities Health Equity Network (created by the Novartis Foundation in partnership with Microsoft AI for Health) uses innovative data science techniques to empower health authorities, health system leaders, and other decision makers with It aims to provide insights and tools to help identify the root cause. Heart health inequality. These data-driven insights will change the underlying social, economic and environmental determinants of health, including housing, pollution, access to fresh food, physical activity, racism, wealth and lifestyle. show how health outcomes can be improved by

Anne Arts, President of the Novartis Foundation, said: “In New York City and beyond, data and AI-driven insights will help drive informed decision-making about impactful urban heart health interventions that ultimately affect the largest number of people. We believe it will help stakeholders do.”

By applying data science and artificial intelligence to health and neighborhood information, city policy makers can help make the biggest impact on cardiovascular disease, the world’s leading cause of death and a leading contributor to health inequalities in the United States. Public health resources can be targeted towards interventions that may help.

“Where people live and work in New York and the degree of social and economic disadvantage have a greater impact on their risk of developing cardiovascular disease than their access to healthcare. It provides us with better insight into the cardiovascular health of New Yorkers to help us identify the most pressing issues to shape,” said Professor of Public Health Policy and Management at NYU GPH, New York City. Board of Directors of NYC Health + Hospitals, the public hospital system of

As part of AI4HealthyCities, NYU GPH will collaborate with Microsoft AI for Health to lead research to collect data on key social determinants of cardiovascular disease and heart health in New York City. Researchers will assess which social determinants are most strongly associated with hypertension. High blood pressure is the leading cause of heart attack and stroke, affecting about one in four New Yorkers, especially black and Latinx adults. The project also aims to create neighborhood-level cardiovascular risk scores and maps that can be used by local health educators to guide efforts to improve heart health.

“Health equity is central to the mission and values ​​of NYC Health + Hospitals,” said Mitchell Katz, President and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals.

“By combining anonymized population data from many different sources, machine learning can be used to go down to the street level when assessing levels of cardiovascular risk. This could revolutionize preventive interventions for heart health,” said Juan Lavista, chief data scientist at Microsoft.

“We know that social determinants play an important role in shaping health outcomes and disparities. Assistant Professor of Public Health Policy and Management at NYU GPH and Principal Investigator of the AI4HealthyCities Project “We are pleased to work with our partners to further investigate the mechanisms linking social determinants to health outcomes and inequities,” said Ji Chang, Principal Investigator of Health Sciences.

The Novartis Foundation, Microsoft AI for Health and NYU GPH will unveil AI4HealthyCities at a hybrid event on Monday, September 19th. Visit the event website and register for the live stream.

About the NYU School of Global Public Health

The NYU School of Global Public Health (NYU GPH) prepares the next generation of public health pioneers with the critical thinking skills, insight, and entrepreneurial spirit needed to reinvent the public health paradigm. increase. Dedicated to embracing non-traditional and interdisciplinary models, his NYU GPH aims to improve health worldwide through a unique combination of global public health research, research and practice. I’m here. The school is located in the heart of New York City and spans his NYU’s global network across six continents. Innovation is at the core of our ambitious approach, thinking and education. For more information, please visit: publichealth.nyu.edu