The Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Pediatric Technology Center at Georgia Tech (PTC) has named a new co-lead for its work in Data Science, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence (Pillar 1)—Lauren Steimle, PhD, MSE. Dr. Steimle will co-lead Pillar 1 with Naveen Muthu, MD, who has been a co-lead since July 2024.

Dr. Steimle is the Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash Early Career Professor and an Assistant Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) at Georgia Tech. Her research focuses on the application of operations research and machine learning to improve medical decision-making and population health. 

Dr. Muthu is a pediatric hospitalist and Director of Research & Innovation Technology at Children's. His research focuses on innovative uses of health information technology to improve safe and effective patient care, such as effectively using risk predictions to improve timely recognition of clinical deterioration in hospitalized children. 

The PTC brings clinical experts together with Georgia Tech scientists and engineers to develop technological solutions to problems in the health and care of children, providing extraordinary opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration in pediatrics. These collaborations allow us to bring discoveries to the clinic and the bedside, thereby enhancing the lives of children and young adults. 

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