As an addiction psychiatrist, I approach AI with a practical question: How can this technology help people without putting them at greater risk?
My interests connect AI safety, mental health, addiction, and access to care. I’m interested in how these tools can help people find useful information, and how to evaluate their limitations when a conversation involves someone’s health or safety.
When someone asks an AI system about substance use, withdrawal, or emotional distress, accuracy is only part of what matters. A responsible response should also recognize uncertainty, avoid false reassurance, and know when to direct someone toward qualified human help.
My focus includes how conversational AI handles substance-related risks, communicates its limits, and responds respectfully to people seeking support.
I’m interested in developing AI tools that make public health, mental health, and addiction information easier to find and understand, particularly for underserved communities.
The goal is practical: help people navigate confusing information, understand available resources, and prepare to seek care. That requires attention to plain language, affordability, disability access, language differences, and limited internet access.
For me, responsible AI means asking:
Safety: Does the system recognize when an answer could cause harm?
Honesty: Does it acknowledge uncertainty and avoid inventing facts or resources?
Privacy: Does it minimize requests for sensitive personal information?
Equity: Does it work well for people with different backgrounds and needs?
Accountability: Can errors be identified, challenged, and corrected?
These are priorities for development and evaluation—not guarantees that any system has solved them.
My clinical perspective shapes the questions I bring to technology: Who might be overlooked? What barriers stand between information and care? Does a response respect the person asking for help?
I want AI to support human judgment, strengthen access to care, and preserve dignity. Meaningful progress should include the people who are too often left out of decisions about technology.
This page describes my professional interests and priorities. It does not provide medical advice or individual treatment recommendations.