AI & Health: A Joint Symposium
Between e-HAIL and AI&DHI
September 12, 2025 (Fri.)
| 9AM - 4PM | NCRC 18 Dining Hall
Registration is required for in-person attendance.
Learn from and connect with fellow researchers at the intersection of AI & health.
The 4th annual AI & Health Symposium is coming soon! Join us on Friday, September 12 for interactive discussion tables, lightning talks, a video research showcase, a keynote by Harvard’s Marinka Zitnik, and more.
This year’s symposium is brought to you by AI&DHI and e-HAIL, with additional support from the Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation (IHPI).
Agenda
MORNING
9:00 AM - Coffee & Registration
9:15 AM - Opening Remarks
Presented by Steven L. Kunkel, PhD; Executive Vice Dean for Research, Medical School; Chief Scientific Officer, Michigan Medicine; Peter A. Ward Distinguished University Professor; Endowed Professor of Pathology Research
9:30 AM - Lightning Talks
10:30 AM - Coffee Break
10:45 AM - Tabletop Discussions & Resource Tables
AFTERNOON
12:00 PM - Lunch, Resources Fair, Poster Session
1:15 PM - Keynote Presentation
Presented by Marinka Zitnik, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School
2:15 PM - Video Research Showcase
2:35 PM - Coffee break
2:50 PM - Funding opportunities panel
3:45 PM - Informal networking
Keynote Speaker: Marinka Zitnik, PhD
Marinka Zitnik is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical
School, Associate Faculty at the Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence at
Harvard University, Associate Member at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and Affiliated Faculty at the
Harvard Data Science Initiative.
Dr. Zitnik investigates foundations of AI to enhance scientific discovery and to realize individualized diagnosis
and treatment. The overarching goal of her lab is to lay the foundations for AI that contribute to the scientific understanding of therapeutic design and genomic medicine or acquire such understanding autonomously.
