RI Foundation awards grants to 26 medical research efforts, including AI-driven cancer detection

By: Alexander Castro

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: May 18, 2026

Words: 881

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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Some uses of AI are low-stakes, like asking ChatGPT to draw up a grocery list or summarize some emails. And then there are high-stakes uses of the increasingly robust and everyday technology based in machine learning — like, say, diagnosing cancer.

Alina Jade Barnett, an assistant professor of computer science and statistics at the University of Rhode Island (URI) who specializes in machine learning, deep learning, and healthcare-centric AI, needs her model to get it …

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