Mike Schaekermann
Dr. Mike Schaekermann is a Staff Research Scientist and Research Lead at Google focusing on the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI), human-computer interaction (HCI) and medicine. Mike has led human-centered research for patient-facing and clinician-facing medical AI in various contexts including large language models for diagnosing and managing disease, medical education, health information seeking, multimodal models, ground truth ambiguity, and health equity. Mike received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo, Canada, after completing an engineering undergraduate degree in Salzburg, Austria and preclinical examinations in Medicine in Marburg, Germany. His research has produced over 30 peer-reviewed publications including in Nature, Nature Medicine, NEJM AI, Medical Teacher, and CHI. His work has also been recognized by awards including the Google PhD Fellowship and the Canadian Computer Science Distinguished Dissertation Award.
