Artificial Intelligence for Community Health Workers
David Levine, Professor
Business, Haas School
Applications for Spring 2026 are closed for this project.
Roughly 1.5 billion poor people receive healthcare from roughly 1.5 million community health workers (CHWs). CHWs are typically women with limited education and minimal training. ChatGPT, GPT4 and their peers should be able to provide high-quality support, especially if trained on the local clinical guidelines. We have a prototype ChatCHW system we want to test and turn into a product.
Role: ** Specific roles and learning outcomes
1. Medical team: work with health care professionals here and in India or Kenya to test quality of replies and interview on usability. You will learn about understanding user needs (interviewing) and health care.
2. User research: interview community health workers (called CHWs, CHPs, ASHAs) and other healthcare professionals. You will learn interviewing skills, market research, and needs assessment.
3. Fundraising manager: Market research on potential donors and/or investors. You will learn market research (matching projects to potential donors) and fundraising skills.
4. Knowledge manager: Organizes project documents and resources. You will learn knowledge management and, wiki creation and maintenance.
5. Programmers who can go from product spec to final deliverable.
Qualifications: ** Specific qualifications
All positions require careful attention to detail, ability to communicate well with a large team, and work with little supervision.
1. Medical team: Interest in health care. Ideally some experience with health care (e.g., EMT, working in a medical setting, etc.)
2. User research: Connections to rural India, Bangladesh, Kenya or Uganda and appropriate language skills
3. Fundraising manager: Great writing skills. Interest in fundraising (including both non-profit donors & venture capital)
4. Knowledge manager: Familiarity with tools such as Wiki and/or Notion. Great writing skills.
5. Programmers who can work with AI agents, many APIs, help Claude Code or peer write little translators among different ways to represent a decision, etc.
Hours: 6-8 hrs
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