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Apr 10, 2026 · St. George's University · School of Medicine · Office of the Dean

Axiom

AI IN MEDICINE IS A GOVERNANCE PROBLEM. SGU TRAINS PHYSICIANS WHO PRACTICE ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN. CANONIC GOVERNS THE AI THEY WILL USE.

THE PITCH: Caribbean AI, Governed From Grenada

The Caribbean has no unified AI governance framework and no regional cancer registry. Research-ethics legislation is uneven across the region. SGU trains more physicians who practice in the Caribbean than any other institution. CANONIC built the governance compiler and the clinical AI fleet. Together, the institution that trains the doctors and the platform that governs the AI can close the loop for the populations SGU graduates serve.

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• figure: pipeline
  • The Problem
  • The Platform
  • The Partnership
  • Live Demo
• metric: 4 (ACTS) — problem → platform → partnership → demo [trend: up]
• metric: 20 min (TARGET) — Zoom meeting [trend: up]

THE AUDIENCE: Dean's Office, SGU School of Medicine

This is a Dean-level meeting on the future of AI in SGU's medical curriculum and clinical partnerships. Dr. Loukas leads the School of Medicine. The meeting was coordinated through Ashleigh John (Dean's Office).

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Role	Name	Affiliation
Dean, School of Medicine	Marios Loukas, MD, PhD	St. George's University
CEO, MammoChat / PI, HadleyLab	Dexter Hadley, MD/PhD	CANONIC Foundation, UCSF, UCF
Admin Coordinator	Ashleigh John	SGU School of Medicine, Dean's Office

• metric: DEAN (LEVEL) — institutional decision-maker [trend: up]

THE WOUND — Caribbean Cancer Without Governance

The Caribbean region spans many sovereign jurisdictions and has no unified cancer registry. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the region, yet patients navigate fragmented systems across borders with no governed intelligence layer.

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  • REGIONAL | NO UNIFIED CANCER REGISTRY | fragmented surveillance
  • REGIONAL | UNEVEN AI GOVERNANCE | no standard framework across jurisdictions
  • 2nd | CAUSE OF DEATH | cancer in the Caribbean
  • footer: SGU graduates practice across these jurisdictions

THE PLATFORM — CANONIC, 255 or Reject

Eight dimensions. Eight bits. One byte. The governance compiler validates every AI response before it reaches a patient. CaribChat is the first clinical AI product built for Caribbean populations and governed at MAGIC 255. CaribChat is distributed independently; any clinician or institution can use it.

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  • 255/255 | CARIBCHAT | fully governed, zero open gates
  • 108+ | SESSIONS | community learning ledger
  • 10 | EVIDENCE LAYERS | NCCN, ClinicalTrials.gov, IAEA, regional public-health sources
  • footer: IRB exempt under 45 CFR 46.104(d)(4)(ii) — no PII, structural anonymization
• metric: 9 (PATENT FAMILIES) — 129 claims [trend: up]
• metric: 65+ (PUBLICATIONS) — peer-reviewed [trend: up]
• metric: $38M+ (FUNDED RESEARCH) — 16 grants, 4 clinical trials [trend: up]

INSTITUTIONAL LANDSCAPE — The Caribbean Regional Picture

CANONIC and CaribChat operate independently. No formal partnership, endorsement, or MOU exists between CANONIC and any Caribbean regional intergovernmental body. The institutional landscape below describes the regional environment in which SGU operates; it is not a partner list.

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Entity	Role in region	CANONIC relationship
Caribbean regional bodies	Regional public-health coordination	None; CaribChat is distributed independently
National ministries of health	Sovereign jurisdiction over health policy	Per-jurisdiction engagement only as instruments are executed
SGU	Trains physicians who practice across the region	This meeting opens academic engagement
ABOPM	Precision-medicine board certification	Active certification framework
UWI	Regional academic medicine	Q2 pipeline conversation

THE SGU OPPORTUNITY — Three Dimensions

1. Medical Education

CaribChat as a teaching tool in SGU's curriculum. Medical students learn cancer navigation with governed AI that is localized for Caribbean populations, not US-defaulted. Bush-medicine herb-drug interactions, resource-stratified guidelines, and screening-facility data specific to the jurisdictions where SGU graduates will practice.

2. Clinical Research

Joint research under the CANONIC Community Learning Study. SGU faculty and students contribute to the community learning ledger. JAMA paper planned: "Community Learning Ledgers for Cancer Navigation in Small Island Developing States." SGU co-investigator opportunity.

3. Institutional Engagement

SGU joins the governed coalition as an academic-medicine partner. CANONIC Foundation tier provides governed AI at zero cost for academic institutions.

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  • EDUCATION | Governed AI in curriculum | SGU students learn with Caribbean-localized AI
  • RESEARCH | JAMA paper + IRB study | Co-investigator opportunity
  • INSTITUTION | Academic-medicine partner | Q2 conversation
  • footer: Grenada-based institution, regional reach

CARIBCHAT — LIVE DEMO

CaribChat.ai is live, free, and governed at MAGIC 255. Real questions from Caribbean patients and clinicians. Evidence sourced from NCCN Resource Stratification, ClinicalTrials.gov, and regional public-health publications. Indigenous healing traditions evidence-tagged (bush medicine, obeah, dietary, community care, cannabis). CaribChat is distributed openly; any clinician or institution in the region can use it.

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  • CaribChat | caribchat.ai | Caribbean Cancer Navigation · FREE
  • MammoChat | mammochat.com | Breast Cancer · NCT06604078 · 20K+ patients
  • OncoChat | hadleylab.org/TALKS/ONCOCHAT/ | All-Cancer Intelligence
  • OmicsChat | hadleylab.org/APPS/OMICSCHAT/talk/ | Precision Medicine
• figure: community-cards
  • "What are common side effects of radiotherapy for breast cancer?" | Community learning
  • "How does bush medicine interact with chemotherapy drugs?" | Herb-drug interaction flagging
  • "Where can I get a mammogram in Trinidad?" | Geo-verified screening facilities
  • "Are there clinical trials for prostate cancer in Jamaica?" | ClinicalTrials.gov live matching
• metric: FREE (COMMUNITY) — free for patients, forever [trend: up]
• metric: ENTERPRISE (INSTITUTIONS) — governed analytics, training, certification [trend: up]

THE ASK

1. Letter of support from Dean Loukas for CaribChat integration into SGU medical education
2. Faculty co-investigator for CANONIC Community Learning Study (SGU arm)
3. Student engagement — SGU medical students as community learning contributors
4. Academic partnership — SGU as the first academic-medicine partner in the region

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Ask	Value to SGU
Letter of support	SGU leads AI governance in Caribbean medical education
Co-investigator	JAMA authorship opportunity
Student engagement	Caribbean-localized AI in curriculum
Academic partnership	First-mover institutional relationship in the region

ACCESS

Channel	Address	Status
Zoom	sgu.zoom.us/j/93275768993	SCHEDULED (Apr 10)
Passcode	582981	—
web_surface	hadleylab.org/decks/SGU/	planned
caribchat	caribchat.ai	LIVE