Summary

Through the power of graphs and machine learning, we aim to uncover new disease links and help researchers better prepare for future pandemics or emerging diseases.

Overview

Many diseases are related to each other, and complications from a certain disease could cause another. Through the power of graphs and machine learning, this project aims to uncover new disease links and help researchers better prepare for future pandemics or emerging diseases.

Impact

The project will have a direct impact on people’s health. In fact, the combination of multiple chronic conditions (commonly termed multimorbidity and defined as the coexistence of two or more chronic health conditions), which is commonly found among aging and aged people, significantly increases the complexity of therapeutic management and treatment regimens for both patients and health professionals. Numerous diseases, such as coronary heart disease, diabetes, and chronic liver disease, are extremely common in the elderly and impose major modifications in their treatment. Our solution is actually helping health professionals to handle the combination of diseases and thus have a direct impact on the treatment of patients.