Engineering mechanics alumnus Abel Kho (BSEM 1994) has been appointed to serve on the Illinois State Board of Health.
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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker recently announced a new slate of appointments to Boards and Commissions, including an alumnus of MechSE’s engineering mechanics program.
Pending confirmation by the Illinois Senate, Abel Kho (BSEM 1994) will serve as a member of the State Board of Health.
Kho is a tenured professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University, with a focus on research integrating diverse data within public health applications. He has been dedicated to improving the health of communities in Chicago as a co-founder and board member for the Medical Research Analytics and Informatics Alliance (MRAIA), which provides low-cost infrastructure and informatics to public health agencies and non-profits. Kho is also the founding director of the Institute for Augmented Intelligence in Medicine, which bridges computational methods with human expertise to advance medical science and improve human health.
He was recognized in 2020 by the American Medical Informatics Association with the Donald A.B. Lindbergh Award for Innovation in Informatics. Kho also earned his MD from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1999.