A team of doctors and scientists at UCSD will spend the next three years working on a model that will use artificial intelligence to help doctors assess a patient's risk level of addiction to opioids. Doctor Rodney Gabriel is the principle investigator of the study, funded by Wellcome Leap, an organization that grants money to research projects that help fight addiction. "Imagine we can have a single test or a battery of tests, where any patient can take it and it will tell you this patient has a high risk of addiction," said Gabriel. The model takes a patient's genetic, biological, and environmental conditions to assess their risk for addiction. MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/ucsd-researchers-artificial-intelligence-opioid-addiction/509-e97d7f2b-8be9-4762-960b-67bdd181fc2b