More than 500 staff members at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) contribute every day to improving the health of millions of people worldwide. Our researchers conduct more than 100 scientific projects in the fields of tropical medicine and international health. Our teaching staff welcomes more than 500 professionals from around the world each academic year to attend our highly regarded medical courses. Tens of thousands of travel and STI consultations take place in our clinic each year, and our internationally recognized reference laboratories examine many hundreds of thousands of samples.
There is only one way we can accomplish these very diverse tasks: thanks to a great passion for our mission.
Reporting to the Head of the Process Management office (PMO), the AI Transformation Lead defines and implements the institutional AI strategy and supports the mandate of the ITM AI Committee. The ITM AI Committee is recently established governance body with a clear mandate, defined membership and decision-making authority over AI proof of concepts. This new role acts as a bridge between research, education, medical and administrative services and AI driven solutions. Identifying where AI creates value and translating opportunities into concrete, feasible initiatives in collaboration with research units, policy offices (education, research & innovation, and international cooperation), our clinic and administrative units.
