Award
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 1R01HL188930-01
Unlocking Unstructured Data to Identify More Transplantable Lungs for the Right Recipients
Recipient
New York University School of Medicine, NY, United States
Award Amount
$847,373.00
Ceiling
$847,373.00
Awarded
July 23, 2026
Identifier
1R01HL188930-01
The award funds a project to use AI and machine learning on transplant registry data to improve lung transplant decisions and outcomes, potentially saving more lives by increasing suitable donor lung acceptance.
Description
This project aims to improve lung transplant outcomes by using national organ transplant registry data, including structured and unstructured data, to enhance decision-making for lung offer acceptance. Large language models will convert unstructured text into structured data reflecting lung abnormalities, and machine learning will identify patient subgroups and predict outcomes to inform clinical decision support systems.