Second AI for Health Symposium Explores Groundbreaking Innovations in Healthcare
The second annual AI.Health Symposium kicked off on Nov. 12, 2024, with an exciting lineup of sessions focused on the latest advancements in artificial intelligence and healthcare.
Attendees were welcomed by opening remarks from Emory University Provost Dr. Ravi Bellamkonda and Dean Dr. Sandra Wong.
During the first day, sessions explored the role of multimodal AI in healthcare, its integration into clinical practice and legal implications of its use. Speaker Dr. Samaneh Nasiri, an assistant professor for the Department of Biomedical Informatics, shared how the session on multimodal AI was particularly valuable to her research in machine learning methodology and artificial intelligence.
The second day of the symposium shifted focus to generative AI and its potential to transform global healthcare. Attendees learned how AI can address healthcare discrepancies, improve access to care and improve treatment options worldwide.
Throughout the symposium, students presented posters highlighting their research. Topics included how AI can be used to help predict prostate cancer and how it has problems in mammography-based age predictions.
The symposium concluded with remarks from Dr. Anant Madabhushi, executive director of the Emory Empathetic AI for Health Institute, and Dr. Guido Silvestri, chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. The two underscored the importance of continued collaboration between AI researchers, clinicians, and policymakers to ensure AI's responsible and impactful use in healthcare.
Attendees praised the event. Dr. Akanksha Pathak, a post-doctoral fellow at Emory, appreciated the symposium’s interdisciplinary approach. “The event provided me with domain knowledge from areas in which I am not actively involved,” she noted.
Attendee Andrew Weaver said, “I had a wonderful time at the AI conference, and I hope to come again next year.”
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