Louis Agha-Mir-Salim studied medicine at the University of Southampton and was a visiting student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Prior to this, he earned a BSc in Medical Sciences with Management from Imperial College London. He initially worked as a physician in anesthesiology and nephrology, before joining the Data Analytics Group at the Institute of Medical Informatics at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin as a research fellow. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Health Data Sciences, focusing on the transparency of artificial intelligence in clinical decision support systems.

Dissertation

Understandability, actionability, and fairness: Responsible design of clinical decision support systems (CDSS)

The PhD focuses on enhancing the transparency of AI-enabled CDSS to ensure clinicians can interpret system outputs and use them appropriately. It assesses how to provide information that is relevant, accessible, and comprehensible to clinical end-users in accordance with the EU AI Act. The research includes a scoping review, a mixed methods study to explore user needs, and a factorial survey to assess how transparency features influence relevance and usage. The findings aim to inform the design of transparent CDSS for safe and effective clinical implementation.

Supervisors
Prof. Dr. Dr. Felix Balzer
Prof. Dr. Fabian Praßer
Prof. Dr. Claudia Müller-Birn