Artificial Intelligence (AI) Center to Monitor and Aid Decision-Making in Complex Cases of Interpersonal Violence in Vulnerable Populations

Hugo Fernandes of Universidade Federal de São Paulo in Brazil will create a university center focused on using AI to support primary healthcare professionals in surveillance and clinical decision making for complex cases of interpersonal violence in vulnerable populations in Brazil. AI systems could help in diagnosis and classification, risk determination, recommendation of interventions, referrals to relevant care providers, socio-emotional support plans, support for perpetrators in avoiding repeated offenses, mandatory notifications, as well as generalization across contexts for improved understanding of patterns of violence. They will aggregate information technology at a campus site, train a Large Language Model (LLM) with appropriate data and create a prototype tool, and gather relevant experts to judge the quality of the tool for its potential contributions to Brazil’s health system in targeting interpersonal violence.