Researchers at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and Houston Methodist will harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to more accurately predict risk of heart failure and other cardiovascular events, including estimating when an adverse event might occur, by developing an AI model that “learns” from patient scans. The National Institutes of Health awarded two grants, totaling $4 million, to the collaboration to develop the AI model. Shuo Li, professor of biomedical engineering and computer and data sciences, is leading the project.

On Tuesday, Jan. 14, President Biden awarded nearly 400 scientists and engineers the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers. Four of the awardees are Case Western Reserve University engineering faculty: A. Bolu Ajiboye, Christine Duval, Burcu Gurkan and Steve Majerus.

Shuo Li, professor of biomedical engineering, has been named a 2025 fellow of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) for “pioneering medical image analysis and processing using advanced machine learning, enhancing diagnostics and safety.”