The objective of the KAUST Smart-Health Initiative core groups is to initiate collaborative projects that address health-related questions in the fields of genetic and metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, digitalization & AI. These collaborative projects involve two or more faculty members as well as, when appropriate, research groups from health or academic institutions inside or outside the Kingdom.

The purpose of the core groups is to develop novel technologies, identify mechanisms behind the onset of various diseases, establish methods that could cater to the various members of the core group and be the basis for the technology development of IP.