Michael King, a bioengineering professor at Rice University who focuses on the behavior of cancer and immune cells in the bloodstream, was selected in August as a founding member of a new state advisory committee examining the use of artificial intelligence in cancer research.

Now, scientists at Scripps Research have built a new AI model to improve detection and prediction of various heart diseases, which may be particularly useful in settings with limited labeled data or fewer available ECG leads. Published in Lancet Digital Health on September 1, 2026, the new tool, called ECG-CLIP, was trained using over 1.7 million ECGs collected from more than 540,000 people and paired with clinicians’ notes, embedding the tool with knowledge that may make it more adaptable for different disease detection and prediction tasks in real-world clinical environments.

Demand for medical imaging in the U.S. keeps rising, but the number of radiologists available to read those images has barely budged relative to the population, according to a new research study published in the JACR®.

Researchers have created a detailed map of childhood Crohn’s disease before and after treatment to help understand progression of the disease. The research, published previously as a Reviewed Preprint in eLife and appearing now as the final Version of Record, is described by the editors as an important study that substantially advances our understanding of pediatric Crohn's disease, mapping its cellular make-up and how patients respond to treatment.

The Hertz Foundation will hold two Hertz Fellowship Application Information Sessions for applicants to learn more about the 2027 Hertz Fellowship application and experience as a fellowship recipient. On Thursday, September 10, at 6:00 p.m EDT -or- Monday, September 14 at 12:00 p.m. EDT, join Hertz Fellowship Director Derek Haseltine and Hertz Fellows for an online information session to learn more about this unique doctoral funding opportunity.

U of A researchers developed the first reliable tool to analyze how people talk to their pets on a day-to-day basis, which may hold clues to why pets affect the well-being of some owners more than others.