LAHILumina AI Health Institute

Lumina AI Health Institute

Healthcare AI.
Built together.

Lumina AI Health Institute (LAHI) connects clinicians, student builders, and experienced mentors to explore healthcare challenges through research, education, and practical AI prototypes.

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Clinical insight.Student ingenuity.Shared purpose.
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Find your place

Different skills. One shared purpose.

Find the work
you can bring to life.

Build, frame the challenge, or guide the next decision. Start with the contribution that feels like yours.

Student builders

Turn technical curiosity into a prototype you can explain and demonstrate.

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Clinicians

Frame a healthcare challenge with the context only practice can bring.

Share your perspective

Mentors

Help a team examine an approach and make a more informed next step.

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A practical path forward

Real need.
Working idea.
Next step.

Good ideas grow through doing. A clear process makes room for curiosity, collaboration, and considered decisions.

See how our programs work
  1. 01

    Define

    Understand the problem, the workflow, and what a useful solution should do.

  2. 02

    Build

    Bring clinical and technical perspectives together in a focused project team.

  3. 03

    Refine

    Test ideas, review decisions, and improve the experience with expert feedback.

  4. 04

    Share

    Present the work, exchange perspectives, and define the next step.

Our focus

Human needs.
Worth building for.

Our focus connects healthcare technology with the everyday experiences of patients, caregivers, and care teams.

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01

Care & clinical workflows

Explore tools that help care teams communicate, coordinate, and work more effectively.

02

Aging & independence

Develop ideas that support older adults, caregivers, and daily life at home.

03

Mental health & connection

Investigate more accessible ways to support engagement, understanding, and connection.

04

Food & well-being

Explore the relationship between nutrition, access, and healthier communities.

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LAHI Live

Ideas in motion.
Live perspectives.

LAHI Live brings student-built prototypes into the conversation. Teams share their work through engaging demos and discuss the ideas behind it with clinicians, mentors, and the wider innovation community.

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Good work starts with good people

Bring your perspective.
Build what comes next.

A clinical challenge. A technical skill. A little time and hard-earned experience. There is a place for your contribution at LAHI.

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