HealthxHumanics

HealthxHumanics (Health By Humanics) is the embedded thread running through FDU HealthPath Forward and FDU’s educational mission itself. HealthxHumanics seeks to bridge the innovations of artificial intelligence and technology with essential human qualities including empathy, agility, cultural competency, creativity and critical thinking. The essential question is how do we prepare people to remain deeply human in a technology-driven world?

 

FDU recently launched the Humanics Innovation Challenge to integrate human and machine learning in healthcare education and across the University. The challenge was made possible by a seed gift from digital health advocate Stephen K. Klasko, MD, MBA, who is CEO of the Health Assurance Foundation (a social welfare organization dedicated to ensuring that the AI-driven transformation of healthcare benefits everyone) and a member of FDU’s Board of Trustees. The Humanics Innovation Challenge supports the development of humanics-driven programming and explores how to blend innovation with human literacy. In a world where machines can process information faster than humans, our competitive advantage lies in our ability to connect, create and care. This campaign invests in that fundamentally human future.

At the center of HealthxHumanics will be the Marion Turpan Innovation and Humanics Hub, scheduled to open in 2027. The hub will support innovative programs in psychology, counseling, nursing and related health and health-adjacent disciplines, while fostering collaborations and preparing students to navigate the intersection of technology, health and human connection.

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