Reducing the burden of cancer in Hawaiʻi through AI
The AI Precision Health Institute develops and validates AI models for cancer-risk identification, early detection, and novel interventions — focused on the unique ethnic and cultural qualities of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific.
What we do
AI PHI develops and validates AI models for cancer risk, detection, and intervention — with a focus on the unique ethnic and cultural qualities of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. We support the AI-for-cancer community in the region through pilot project funding, technical resources, and a monthly affinity group bringing together AI researchers and clinicians.
Federated prediction for radiotherapy
Friday, May 1, 2026 · 9:00 AM HST · via Zoom
Yading Yuan
A talk on how deep learning can improve radiation-therapy planning efficiency through federated prediction — addressing data scarcity while preserving privacy across institutions.
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Register once to attend this and any future AI PHI Affinity Group meeting — Zoom emails you the join link automatically.
From mammography to melanoma
Selected figures from AI PHI publications across breast imaging, dermatology, and risk modeling.
Predicting mortality from total-body DXA
Glaser Y, Shepherd J, Leong LT, Wolfgruber T, Lui L, Sadowski P, Cummings SR. Deep learning predicts all-cause mortality from longitudinal total-body DXA imaging. Communications Medicine. 2022;2(1):102.
A deep neural network trained on whole-body DXA scans from 3,000+ older adults in the Health ABC study predicts all-cause mortality more accurately than established clinical risk scores — and surfaces interpretable image regions that drive the prediction.
Co-Directors
John Shepherd, PhD
Co-Director · Imaging Sciences
Peter Sadowski, PhD
Co-Director · Machine Learning
Built with our community
Industry support from Western Digital (data-storage equipment and expertise). Academic collaborations with the University of Hawaiʻi High Performance Computation Center and the UH Data Science Institute. Convening home: the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center.