AI and Health at Weill Cornell: Professor Fei Wang is Associate Dean for AI and Data Science at Weill Cornell
2026-05-08
AI and Health at Weill Cornell: Professor Fei Wang is Associate Dean for AI and Data Science at Weill Cornell, we chatted about:
- why Cornell is the best university for AI health research
- examples of how AI is used throughout Weill Cornell
- Cornell's amazing culture of collaboration and innovation
(0:00) AI at Weill Cornell (2:21) specific examples of AI (4:55) clinical care improves with AI (6:14) how collaboration happens at Cornell (9:52) why Cornell is the best for AI health research (11:39) integrating AI with clinical workflow (13:40) creating a culture of AI and health (16:13) funding grants, and cross-campus collaboration (19:10) funding sources for AI (24:56) research group organization (28:00) starting as an assistant professor (30:22) balance of industry and academia (34:59) how industry can work with Weill Cornell (37:26) Fei Wang's path to AI and Health (40:23) closing question