Ivana Drobnjak O'Brien

At-a-Glance

Professor of Computational Healthcare and Director of the Undergraduate Program at UCL Computer Science.
Researches mathematical and computational methods for medicine and healthcare applications.
Specializes in AI modeling for medical imaging, microstructure imaging, and digital health.
Focuses on ethical, human-aligned AI, including bias minimization, energy efficiency, transparency, and explainability.
Member of the UNESCO Chair in AI, partnering on ethical AI development.
Completed a DPhil and Masters at the University of Oxford.

Biography

Ivana Drobnjak O'Brien serves as a Professor of Computational Healthcare and Director of the Undergraduate Program at the Department of Computer Science, University College London. Her research career began at the University of Oxford, where she earned a Masters from the Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and a DPhil from COMLAB & Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain.