{"id":2335,"date":"2026-01-07T14:32:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/?page_id=2335"},"modified":"2026-01-07T14:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:32:27","slug":"npsias-global-health-policy-class-policy-projects-on-ai-global-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/npsias-global-health-policy-class-policy-projects-on-ai-global-health\/","title":{"rendered":"NPSIA\u2019s Global Health Policy Class &#8211; Policy Projects on AI &amp; Global Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        NPSIA\u2019s Global Health Policy Class &#8211; Policy Projects on AI &amp; Global Health\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">A big thank you from all of us at NPSIA to Montasser Kamal and Chaitali Sinha at IDRC, and Sathy Rajan at Grand Challenges Canada. They took time out of their very busy schedules to support our students, suggested these fascinating topics, and generously shared their expertise and experience to help guide the students as they explored the use of AI in health.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"grand-challenges-ai-duty-of-care\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grand Challenges &#8211; AI &amp; Duty of Care<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/01\/Research-Paper-AI-Ethical-Oversight-Nathan-Lee.pdf\">AI Ethical Oversight &#8211; Nathan Lee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/01\/INAF5706-GCC-Ethics-AI-Presentation-Deck.pdf\">Leveraging AI Chatbots for HIV Support in LMICs: Navigating the Duty of Care Imperative<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"grand-challenges-ai-data-protection\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grand Challenges &#8211; AI &amp; Data Protection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/01\/Research-Paper-AI-and-Data-Protection-Natalie-Frigon.pdf\">AI Health Interventions and Data Protection in Africa: A Systematic Review and Policy Analysis of Pandemic Preparedness in Tanzania &#8211; Natalie Frigon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/01\/Research-Paper-AI-on-Marginalised-Communities-Lauraleen-Dure.pdf\">The Impact of AI on Marginalized Communities &#8211; Lauraleen Dur\u00e9<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/01\/Research-Paper-Cross-border-data-transfers-Nazanin-Naziri.pdf\">Governing Cross-Border Health-Data Transfers in AI-Guided Diagnostics: Effectiveness of Regional\/International Frameworks for LMIC Data Sovereignty and Individual Protection &#8211; Nazanin Nasiri<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/01\/Reserach-Paper-Protecting-Stigmatised-Health-Data-Isabella-Miller.pdf\">Protecting Stigmatized Health Data: An Evaluation of Data Protection in AI-Based Healthcare Technologies in Senegal &#8211; Isabella Miller<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/01\/DataProtection_FinalPresentationDeck_INAF5706_Dec2025.pdf\">Data Protection Policy Recommendations for AI-Based Healthcare Systems in Low-Income Countries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"idrc-ai-health-system-efficiencies\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">IDRC &#8211; AI &amp; Health System Efficiencies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/01\/Research-Paper-Digital-Divide-Barnita-Hussein.pdf\">AI Implementation in Low-Resource Healthcare Settings: Implications of the Digital Health Divide &#8211; Barnita Hossain<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/01\/Research-Paper-Integration-AI-Health-Systems-Sarah-Creary-.pdf\">AI Integration in Low-Resource Settings: Effectiveness of Current Policy in the Equitable and Ethical Integration of AI in Health Systems &#8211; Sarah Creary<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/01\/Research-Paper-Whose-Voices-Shape-AI-Zuhal-Karim.pdf\">WHOSE VOICES SHAPE \u201cAI\u201d IN GLOBAL HEALTH, &amp; WHOSE VOICES ARE MISSING? Strategies for Inclusion and Equity in Emerging Health Technologies &#8211; Zuhal Karim<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/01\/Final-Presentation-Group-1.pdf\">AI for Health System Efficiency in Low Resource Settings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"idrc-ai-health-governance\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">IDRC &#8211; AI &amp; Health Governance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/01\/Research-Paper-Enforcement-Gaps-in-AI-for-Health-Governance-Marium-Syed.pdf\">Enforcement Gaps in AI-for-Health Governance: A Comparative Analysis of Kenya and Ghana &#8211; Marium Syed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/01\/Research-Paper-EU-AI-Act-Gold-Standard-Emmanuelle-Rheaume.pdf\">EU AI Act as a gold standard for AI governance in health &#8211; Emmanuelle Rh\u00e9aume<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/01\/Research-Paper-LMICs-Governance-AI-Joelle-Reimer-.pdf\">LMICs and Global Governance of AI in Health &#8211; Joelle Reimer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/01\/Research-Paper-The-Role-of-Private-Actors-in-Shaping-AI-Governance-in-Healthcare-Andrea-Rodriguez.pdf\">The Role of Private Actors in Shaping AI Governance in Healthcare &#8211; Andrea Rodriguez<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/01\/Policy-Project-Governance-of-AI-2.pdf\">AI Governance in Global Health: An analysis of AI governance architecture and its influence on health systems<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"idrc-ai-and-rd-for-good-ai\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">IDRC &#8211; AI and R&amp;D for Good AI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/01\/Research-Paper-AI-data-Sovereignty-and-Interoperability-Clinical-Trials-Sophie-McDonagh-.pdf\">Artificial Intelligence, Data Sovereignty, and Interoperability Challenges in Clinical Trials in Low-Resource Settings &#8211; Sophie McDonagh<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/01\/Research-Paper-Global-Health-Siloization-Shauna-Thomas.pdf\">Siloed Knowledge, Siloed Tools: Structural Barriers and Utility Costs in the Separation Between AI and Global Health Research &#8211; Shauna Thomas<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/01\/Research-Paper-Policy-Implications-of-AI-Data-Silos-Adolescent-Health-Gina-Malaba.pdf\">Policy Implications of AI, Data Silos &amp; Adolescent Health in Sub Saharan Africa &#8211; Gina Malaba<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/01\/Research-Paper-Enabling-Conditions-for-Health-AI-RD-Dvija-Bhatti.pdf\">Enabling Conditions for Health AI R&amp;D in Africa &#8211; Dvija Bhatti<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2026\/01\/Group-3-Final-Group-Presentation.pdf\">Siloization in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Global Health Research and Development (R&amp;D)<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Challenges &#8211; AI &amp; Duty of Care AI Ethical Oversight &#8211; Nathan Lee Leveraging AI Chatbots for HIV Support in LMICs: Navigating the Duty of Care Imperative Grand Challenges &#8211; AI &amp; Data Protection AI Health Interventions and Data Protection in Africa: A Systematic Review and Policy Analysis of Pandemic Preparedness in Tanzania &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[],"class_list":["post-2335","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/228"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2335"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2359,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2335\/revisions\/2359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/npsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=2335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}