Frontiers in Computational Health – April 29, 2025
Agenda and Session Information
Agenda:
9:00-9:15 Welcome remarks: Kathy Yelick, PhD, UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor for Research
9:15-10:05 Session 1: From Discovery to Deployment: The AI-powered journey
10:10-11:00 Session 2: Beyond Simple Prediction: AI/ML and causal inference
11:00-11:40 Poster Session 1 and coffee break
11:45-12:30 Keynote address: Eric Horvitz, MD, PhD, Microsoft
12:30-1:30 Lunch break
1:30-2:20 Session 3: Foundation Models to Transform Workflow and Clinical Care
2:25–3:15 Session 4: Outside the Clinic: wearables, open platforms & research infrastructure
3:20-4:00 Poster Session 2 and coffee break
4:00-4:50 Session 5: Assessing AI Fit and Function
4:50-5:15 Closing remarks
5:30-6:30 Reception
Session Information
Session 1: From Discovery to Deployment: The AI-powered journey
Speakers include:
- Moderator: Marina Sirota, Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute, UCSF
- Ziad Obermeyer, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
- John Axerio-Cilies, Tempus AI
- Adam Yala, Computational Precision Health, UCSF/UC Berkeley
Session 2: Beyond Simple Prediction: AI/ML and causal inference
Speakers include:
- Moderator: Fan Xia, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF
- Susan Athey, Economics, Stanford University
- Mark van der Laan, Statistics, UC Berkeley
- Maya Petersen, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UC Berkeley
Session 3: Foundation Models to Transform Workflow and Clinical Care
Speakers include:
- Moderator: Emma Pierson, EECS, UC Berkeley
- Madhumita Sushil, Division of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation, UCSF
- Ahmed Alaa, Computational Precision Health, UCSF/UC Berkeley
- Jon Kolstad, Center for Healthcare Marketplace Innovation, UC Berkeley
Session 4: Outside the Clinic: wearables, open platforms & research infrastructure
Speakers include:
- Moderator: Mark Pletcher, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF
- Ida Sim, Department of Medicine, UCSF
- Serina Chang, EECS and Computational Precision Health (incoming), UC Berkeley
- Sandya Subramanian, Computational Precision Health, UCSF/UC Berkeley
Session 5: Assessing AI Fit and Function
Speakers include:
- Moderator: A. Jay Holmgren, Department of Medicine, UCSF
- Jean Feng, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF
- Irene Chen, Computational Precision Health, UCSF/UC Berkeley
- Hugo Campos, Patient advocate and All of Us ambassador
