e-HAIL: E-Health & Artificial Intelligence

e-HAIL: E-Health and Artificial Intelligence

e-HAIL is a faculty research community of AI&DHI that brings together clinicians, methodologists, engineers, data scientists, and other researchers working at the intersection of AI and health to advance high-impact research and build cross-campus partnerships.

Members engage through research-in-progress seminars, brainstorming sessions, peer proposal review, workshops, collaborator matching, funding opportunities, and direct connections to AI&DHI services and resources.

We invite you to browse our 2025 Impact Report!

Join e-HAIL
Faculty working at the intersection of health and AI innovation who are interested in actively participating in a multidisciplinary research community are encouraged to apply for e-HAIL membership.

Apply here
The e-HAIL program manager will review your application and follow up with next steps.

e-HAIL Events

Register today! AI & Health Symposium

Each September, e-HAIL partners with AI&DHI and IHPI to bring together the AI and health community for a day-long symposium featuring research presentations, networking, and cross-disciplinary discussion.

Friday, September 11
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
North Campus Research Complex
Building 18, Dining Hall

Research-in-Progress Seminars Series

The e-HAIL Research-in-Progress Seminar Series is the foundation of our member community. These twice-monthly seminars give faculty a regular opportunity to share work in progress, receive feedback, exchange ideas, and build collaborations across disciplines.

Seminars meet during the academic year from 2:00 pm -3:00 pm on the second and fourth Friday of each month.

Research Support Office Hours

e-HAIL office hours support members with proposal development, AI/ML programming, and e-HAIL funding opportunities, including dataset creation awards and student support programs.

See the feed below for upcoming events.

Research Support for e-HAIL Members

e-HAIL supports members with resources to strengthen health AI research, including proposal development, programmer support, peer feedback, funding opportunities, collaborator matching, and access to AI&DHI resources.

• Proposal development and editing 
• AI/ML programming support   
• Collaborator matching  
• Funding opportunity identification
• Research-in-progress feedback  
• Connections to AI&DHI resources

e-HAIL Funding Support Programs

Student Summer Support Program: Up to $15,000 to a dyad of e-HAIL members to hire a student to assist with preliminary data collection and analysis. The deadline is typically in January.

Dataset Creation Awards: Up to $5,000 to offset the cost of dataset creation for preliminary data for a dyad of e-HAIL researchers. The competition typically runs three times a year with deadlines in October, January, and May.

AI MedTech Match: Hosted by AI&DHI and e-HAIL, the AI MedTech Match Grand Challenge is an annual competition-style program designed to pair clinical researchers with AI researchers to win $50,000 in funding support.

Request e-HAIL Support

Connect with the e-HAIL Program Manager kmanthei@umich.edu

for collaboration and funding opportunities

Request grant development support

(if prompted, use UMICH login)

Request AI/ML programmer support

(if prompted, use UMICH login)