Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah nominated for Data Innovation Award

Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah has been nominated for a 

Research Australia award

Research Australia have published the select list of nominees for this year's annual health and medical research awards. See Monash's full list here.

Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah from Central Clinical School has been nominated by Prof Geoff Webb, Monash University & A/Prof Sharon Chenn, ICPMR, Westmead Hospital for her work on invasive fungal infections (IFIs), which are rare, neglected diseases that target people with low immunity such as cancer patients and people undergoing organ transplants.

Dr Ananda-Rajah and her team are using artificial intelligence software that uses existing radiology images and notes from the hospital to detect and manage IFIs. see below for detail about the project.