Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have the potential to improve medical research and practice, but it is often enormously difficult to translate theoretical advances in AI research into medical practice. The goal of the Else Kröner Medical Scientist Kolleg ClinBrAIn is to help close this gap. It aims to train 'Medical Machine Learning-Scientists' who, together with clinical experts, will develop and apply tailored AI methods for clinical problems. ClinbrAIn, which is led by Prof. Jakob Macke together with PD Dr. Kathrin Brockmann, and Prof. Martin Giese, is a joint initiative of research groups from AI research (the Cluster of Excellence Machine Learning, the Tübingen AI Center and the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience) with clinical groups of the University Hospital and the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Science.