BMI Faculty Awarded President’s Fast Impact Funds
The Stony Brook University Department of Biomedical Informatics (BMI) is pleased to announce that multiple faculty members have received competitive President’s Fast Impact Fund (FIF) awards in the January 2026 cycle, supporting innovative projects that advance artificial intelligence, precision medicine, and health equity.
Advancing AI in Precision Medicine
Ramana Davuluri was awarded funding to support the launch of the AI Center for Precision Medicine (AIPM), an initiative accelerating discovery at the intersection of artificial intelligence and healthcare. The project received $300,000 through a 50/50 costsharing partnership between the Fast Impact Fund and the Office of the Executive Vice President for Stony Brook Medicine and Health Sciences.
The funding will support the development of advanced computational infrastructure, secure data systems, and specialized software to enable cuttingedge research. AIPM will bring together investigators across Stony Brook’s east and west campuses, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration in precision medicine. Anticipated outcomes include multiinvestigator NIH grant submissions and highimpact publications.
Geospatial Analytics to Address Health Equity
Janos Hajagos (BMI) and Rodrigo Valles Jr. (Stony Brook Office of Health Equity and Climate Medicine Research) were awarded $265,000 to support the Rapid Deployment of a Geospatial Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Analytics Dashboard at Stony Brook Hospital.
This project integrates geospatial analytics with electronic health record data to examine how social and environmental factors affect health outcomes and access to care. Funding will support external geospatial expertise, website development, communications support, and multimedia tools.
Within 4–6 months, the team plans to launch at least two interactive dashboards combining clinical and SDOH data, with broader institutional adoption anticipated within 6–10 months. Key goals include identifying neighborhoodlevel drivers of health disparities, informing hospital leadership decisionmaking, and strengthening research and implementation pipelines with partners such as the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Fast Impact, Measurable Outcomes
Both projects exemplify the mission of the President’s Fast Impact Fund—supporting highimpact initiatives designed for rapid launch and nearterm results. All funded projects are expected to be completed by the end of the Fall 2026 semester.
These awards underscore Stony Brook University’s leadership in biomedical informatics, artificial intelligence, precision medicine, and health equity, and highlight the growing impact of BMI faculty across research and clinical domains.