Professor and Chair
Augusta University Department of Health Management, Economics and Policy
Augusta, Georgia, United States
Dr. Gianluca De Leo is the inaugural Chair of the Health Management, Economics and Policy department at the School of Public Health at Augusta University. Dr. De Leo received a PhD in Bioengineering and Bioelectronics in 2003 from the University of Genova (Italy). He also received an MBA from Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO in 2005. Dr. De Leo was involved in several projects related to e-health, health informatics, biomedical informatics and virtual reality, which were funded by the Italian Ministry of Health, the European Commission and, Microsoft Research, the Virginia Center on Aging and several SBIR/STTR programs. Dr. De Leo has designed and led the development of several e-heath systems such as an automated telephone call center for the education and monitor of patients with diabetes, a game based virtual environment for helping children with cerebral palsy to walk on a treadmill, and a smart phone for increasing the communication skills for children with severe autism. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the United States Department of Defense and the National Institute of Health have supported Dr. De Leo’s research in innovation in public health informatics, communication disabilities and telemedicine.
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C5.02 - Oral session: Tools and Tasks: Application of AI Among Public Health Faculty
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM PST