Laurah Beth Turner, PhD

Dr. Laurah Turner is the Associate Dean for Artificial Intelligence and Educational Informatics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. As a nationally recognized leader in educational innovation, her work focuses on applying artificial intelligence to enhance medical training, personalize learning, and improve assessment. She is the founding director of 2-Sigma Labs, where she leads the development of an ecosystem of AI-powered tools.

Dr. Turner helps shape  national and international policy through her contributions to the AAMC’s guidelines for responsible AI and invited memberships on the International Advisory Committee on AI and the American Board of Internal Medicine's Innovation Board. Her research has garnered numerous awards for innovation and is supported by significant external funding from organizations including the American Medical Association (AMA) and the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME).

Bachelor's Degree: University of Indianapolis 2004 (Anthropology, Archeology)

Master's Degree: University of Indianapolis 2007 (Human Biology)

Master's Degree: Indiana University 2010 (Biological Anthropology)

Doctoral Degree: Indiana University 2012 (Biological Anthropology, with a focus on Human Behavior and Statistics)

07-01-2012 - Assistant Director for The Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning, CET&L focuses on faculty development at the University of Cincinnati. My role specifically is concerned with assessment of CET&L faculty development programs/initiatives, institutional assessment consulting, and leading behavioral and faculty development research. , University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Grant: #AMA Lukin 09-01-2023 -12-31-2023 American Medical Association Collecting Validity Evidence for AI Guided Personalized Assessment and Coaching Platform Role:PI 51175.13 Hold Level:Non Profit

Grant: #AMA Lukin 09-01-2023 -12-31-2023 American Medical Association Collecting Validity Evidence for AI Guided Personalized Assessment and Coaching Platform Role:PI 51175.13 Hold Level:Non Profit

Grant: #2024 ChangeMed 07-01-2024 -06-30-2026 American Medical Association FAIR AGent: An AI-Powered Agent for Fostering Assessment Equity through Retrieval-Augmented Generation Role:PI 60000.00 Hold Level:Non Profit

Grant: #2024 ChangeMed 07-01-2024 -06-30-2026 American Medical Association FAIR AGent: An AI-Powered Agent for Fostering Assessment Equity through Retrieval-Augmented Generation Role:PI 60000.00 Hold Level:Non Profit

Grant: #AMA-62773 07-01-2024 -06-30-2025 American Medical Association Leveraging Agentic AI systems to Advance PrecisionMedical Education with 2-Sigma Role:PI 69720.87 Hold Level:Non Profit

Grant: #AMA-62773 07-01-2024 -06-30-2025 American Medical Association Leveraging Agentic AI systems to Advance PrecisionMedical Education with 2-Sigma Role:PI 69720.87 Hold Level:Non Profit

Grant: #AMA- 11-01-2024 -10-31-2025 American Medical Association AI Coaching Conversations in Medical Education: Utilizing Fuzzy Metrics to Evaluate the Competency Development of an AI-powered Agent Role:PI 30000.00 Hold Level:Non Profit

Grant: #AMA- 11-01-2024 -10-31-2025 American Medical Association AI Coaching Conversations in Medical Education: Utilizing Fuzzy Metrics to Evaluate the Competency Development of an AI-powered Agent Role:PI 30000.00 Hold Level:Non Profit

Grant: #Artificial Intelligence Award 06-15-2025 -06-14-2027 American Board of Internal Medicine Using Artificial Intelligence to Explore Clinical Reasoning Behaviors Role:PI 200000.00 Hold Level:Non Profit

Grant: #Artificial Intelligence Award 06-15-2025 -06-14-2027 American Board of Internal Medicine Using Artificial Intelligence to Explore Clinical Reasoning Behaviors Role:PI 200000.00 Hold Level:Non Profit

Published Abstracts

Laurah Turner, John Langdon, Christopher Schmidt (2008. ) Sexual Dimorphism of Maxillary Molars: an odontometric analysis of cusp dimensions in the context of evolutionary and ontogenetic development .[Abstract]American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 135 (S46 ) ,71

L. Turner, Z. Throckmorton & J. Langdon, (2005. ) When Did Humans Become Ecologically Different? .[Abstract]PaleoAnthropology, A35

Peer Reviewed Publications

Santen, Sally A; Ryan, Michael S; Fancher, Tonya L; Carcamo, Tyler; Hogan, Sean O; Turner, Laurah; Cheung, Jeffrey J H; Berg, Katherine; Feldman, Moshe; Holmboe, Eric S; Park, Yoon Soo (2025. ) Variability in Learner Performance Using the ACGME Harmonized Milestones During the First Year of Postgraduate Training.Academic medicine :, journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.., , 100 (7 ) ,852-859 More Information

Turner, Laurah; Knopp, Michelle I; Mendonca, Eneida A; Desai, Sanjay (2025. ) Bridging Artificial Intelligence and Medical Education: Navigating the Alignment Paradox.ATS scholar, , 6 (2 ) ,135-148 More Information

Turner, Laurah; Zhou, Christine; Burk-Rafel, Jesse (2025. ) It Takes More Than Enthusiasm: The Missing Infrastructure to Unlock AI's Potential in Medical Education.Academic medicine :, journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.., , More Information

Grier, David D; Turner, Laurah; Prichard, Tracy J; Oaks, Andrea; Nolan, David; Shomo, Anisa S; Dunlavy, Dustin; Batisky, Donald L (2024. ) Virtual and In-Person Multiple Mini-interviews: A Comparison of Two Modalities in Regard to Bias.Medical science educator, , 34 (6 ) ,1479-1485 More Information

Kelleher, Matthew; Kinnear, Benjamin; Weber, Danielle; Martini, Abigail; Santen, Sally A; Baker, Pamela; Turner, Laurah; Warm, Eric; Klein, Melissa; Schumacher, Daniel (2024. ) A Rollercoaster of Grades Versus Growth in the Clerkship Year: A Phenomenological Study of Medical Student Experience with Competency Development.Perspectives on medical education, , 13 (1 ) ,592-601 More Information

Turner, Laurah; Hashimoto, Daniel A; Vasisht, Shubha; Schaye, Verity (2024. ) Demystifying AI: Current State and Future Role in Medical Education Assessment.Academic medicine :, journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.., , 99 (4S Suppl 1 ) ,S42-S47 More Information

Turner, Laurah; Weber, Danielle E; Santen, Sally A; Olex, Amy L; Baker, Pamela; Overla, Seth; Shu, Derek; Randolph, Anne; Kelleher, Matt (2024. ) Making Use of Natural Language Processing to Better Understand Medical Students' Self-Assessment of Clinical Skills.Academic medicine :, journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.., , 99 (3 ) ,285-289 More Information

Park, Yoon Soo; Ryan, Michael S; Hogan, Sean O; Berg, Katherine; Eickmeyer, Adam; Fancher, Tonya L; Farnan, Jeanne; Lawson, Luan; Turner, Laurah; Westervelt, Marjorie; Holmboe, Eric; Santen, Sally A (2023. ) Transition to Residency: National Study of Factors Contributing to Variability in Learner Milestones Ratings in Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine.Academic medicine :, journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.., , 98 (11S ) ,S123-S132 More Information

Knopp, Michelle I; Warm, Eric J; Weber, Danielle; Kelleher, Matthew; Kinnear, Benjamin; Schumacher, Daniel J; Santen, Sally A; Mendonça, Eneida; Turner, Laurah (2023. ) AI-Enabled Medical Education: Threads of Change, Promising Futures, and Risky Realities Across Four Potential Future Worlds.JMIR medical education, , 9 ,e50373 More Information

Laurah Turner (2011. ) A Meta-analysis of Fat Intake, Reproduction and Breast Cancer Risk: an evolutionary perspective .American Journal of Human Biology, , 23 (5 ) ,183

Turner, Laurah B (2011. ) A meta-analysis of fat intake, reproduction, and breast cancer risk: an evolutionary perspective.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council, , 23 (5 ) ,601-8 More Information

L. Jones & S. Davis (2008. ) Effects of Protandry on Levels of Self- Fertilization in Saponaria Officinalis (Caryophyllaceae) .Plant Species Biology , , 23 (3 ) ,183

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