Laurie Lovett Novak, PhD, MHSA, FACMI, FAMIA

Dr. Laurie Lovett Novak is a health systems anthropologist, Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the ADVANCE AI Center in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Her work has focused on the design and implementation of artificial intelligence and other informatics tools in a variety of clinical environments. She also has worked with patients and caregivers to document the everyday work of managing chronic illness. Current projects include value sensitive design of a chatbot evaluation tool, documenting organizational capabilities for safe and effective management of AI, developing a maturity model for AI in healthcare, and developing strategies to engage patients and caregivers in healthcare AI. She serves on the ethics cores of two AI consortia in the United States, Bridge2AI and AIM AHEAD.