CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Dr. Katelyn Rittenhouse, Global Women’s Health Fellow, has been awarded a K23 Career Development Award from the NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Her project, titled AI-Assisted Ultrasound for Early Pregnancy Localization, aims to improve the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy, especially in resource-limited settings.
The NIH Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23) supports the career development of clinically trained professionals committed to patient-oriented research. It provides 3 to 5 years of supervised research and training to help early-career investigators become independent clinical researchers
“This project is specifically targeted to develop and pilot AI-assisted ultrasound tools for early pregnancy localization to improve diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy, particularly in resource-limited settings. The project will create deep learning models for transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasound devices that can be used by minimally trained providers and will conduct feasibility studies in the U.S. and Zambia to prepare for future larger clinical trials.”
Dr. Jeff Stringer serves as Dr. Rittenhouse’s primary mentor for the grant, with Dr. Michael Kosorok as co-mentor for the grant.
In addition to this award, Dr. Rittenhouse has received the EQT Foundation Grant for Women’s Health Innovation. This separate project supports the commercialization processes for existing AI models in later pregnancy.