AI-Powered Healthcare

The Zimin Prize was awarded to five Technion researchers who led innovative projects combining AI and healthcare. The awards were presented by the Zimin Institute for AI Solutions in Healthcare, which was established at the Technion in 2022 to advance applied research in artificial intelligence for medicine and human health. The institute operates within Tech.AI, the Technion’s artificial intelligence hub, and is headed by Prof. Shai Shen-Orr of the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine.

The award recipients are:

• Prof. Arielle Fischer of the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, who developed a smart wearable system for monitoring loads and retraining gait patterns, to reduce harmful stress and improve walking quality
• Prof. Dvir Aran of the Faculty of Biology and Prof. Shahar Shelly of the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, who developed a large language model-based system to improve the safety of medical diagnosis in emergencies
• Dr. Eddy Solomon of the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, who developed an innovative and ultra-fast MRI method for breast cancer imaging, enabling high spatial and temporal resolution through the use of artificial intelligence
• Prof. Amit Meller, who developed a technology for detecting cancer biomarkers at the single-molecule level by combining artificial intelligence with a unique nanopore array

All of the projects demonstrate advances in diagnosis, imaging, early detection, and personalized treatment.