Applied Artificial Intelligence for Health Research

Build practical deep learning skills to develop, validate and adapt AI models for real-world healthcare challenges.

30 hours

Basic Python & high-school calculus

Advanced

Course information

This intermediate course is designed to help you move from understanding AI concepts to applying deep learning techniques in real health research contexts.

With a strong focus on practical coding and engineering skills, you will learn how to implement simple neural networks from scratch in Python and work with common deep learning models using PyTorch.

The course explores a wide range of healthcare applications, with particular attention to medical imaging data and the challenges of using complex, real-world datasets. By the end, you will be better equipped to understand the strengths and limitations of deep learning, validate models effectively, troubleshoot architectures and adapt modern AI approaches to your own research.

Learning objectives

  • Be able to implement simple fully connected networks from scratch in Python. and common deep networks in PyTorch
  • Be exposed to a wide range of deep learning applications for healthcare and be comfortable applying the ideas raised in the module to your own research
  • Understand the strengths and limitations of deep learning and how to adapt modern networks to work on challenging real-world medical imaging data
  • Understand how to validate models effectively and troubleshoot problems with their architectures