On 3 July 2026, Mohammad Azizmalayerisuccessfully defended his PhD on Out-of-distribution detection for reliable medical AI in Dutch university medical centres. Congratulations Mohammad on earning your PhD!
His work shows how a shift in the patient population can lead to deterioration in the performance of predictive models applied in healthcare, with potential repercussions on quality of care. The contributions of Mohammad, spanning both technical results and clinical implementations, demonstrate how this risk can be mitigated with AI-driven detection of atypical patients. His thesis can be found at the UvA website UvA DARE | Out-of-distribution detection for reliable medical AI.