Suchi
Saria, PhD
Director of Machine Learning, AI, Healthcare Lab,
Johns Hopkins University, Founder and CEO, Bayesian Health
Suchi Saria, PhD, is the Founder and CEO of Bayesian Health; the John C. Malone Endowed Chair and Associate Professor of Computer Science, Statistics, and Health Policy; and the Director of the Machine Learning, AI, and Healthcare Lab at Johns Hopkins University. Her research has pioneered the development of next-generation diagnostic and treatment planning tools that use statistical machine learning methods to individualize care. She has written several of the seminal papers in the field of ML and its use for improving patient care and has given over 250 invited keynotes and talks to organizations, including the NAM, NAS, and NIH. Dr. Saria has served as an advisor to several Fortune 500 companies and her work has been funded by leading organizations including the NIH, FDA, NSF, DARPA, and CDC.
In 2020, she was invited to deliver a TEDMED keynote entitled “Bringing AI to the Bedside,” discussing the opportunity for AI in the health care setting to save lives. At Bayesian Health, Dr. Saria is operationalizing her decades of research in the field to make health care proactive by empowering physicians, nurses, and care team members with real-time data to save lives.
Dr. Saria has been featured in Bloomberg News and PBS NOVA and she has won several awards for excellence in AI and care delivery, including IEEE’s “AI’s 10 to Watch,” the Sloan Fellowship, MIT Tech Review’s “35 Under 35,” National Academy of Medicine’s list of “Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine,” DARPA’s “List of Rising Stars,” World Economic Forum’s “100 Brilliant Minds Under 40,” Rock Health’s “Top 50 in Digital Health,” the Armstrong Award for Excellence in Quality and Safety, Node.Health’s Best in Class Digital Health Intervention Award, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s annual Scientific Award.