Enlli Lewis is a Regulatory Policy Advisor for 1Day Sooner, a nonprofit that leads campaigns in science, policy, and ethics to stop the world’s most harmful infectious diseases. She focuses on improving regulatory processes for accelerating medical innovation. She previously served as a civil servant for the UK’s Department of Health and Social Care, working on the COVID-19 vaccine deployment team.
To unlock the full potential of artificial intelligence within the Department of Health and Human Services, an AI Corps should be established, embedding specialized AI experts within each of the department’s 10 agencies.
New solutions are needed to target diseases before they are life-threatening or debilitating, moving from retroactive sick-care towards preventative healthcare.