HERSHEY, Pa. — Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) is hosting a reverse science event, "Ideas Lab: Catalyzing Collaborations at the Interface of Artificial Intelligence and Biomedical and Health Research," that will focus on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for biomedical and health record research. Registration is now open for the event, which will be held on March 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Penn State College of Medicine, room C2860. Lunch will be provided.
AI promises to be a powerful tool for potentially improving biomedical research and, by extension, increasing better health outcomes for patients around the world. This event is designed to introduce Penn State clinical researchers to AI methods and connect them with experts and resources they can use to leverage AI in their work.
Penn State clinical scientists who would like to apply AI and data science techniques to advance their research are asked to submit a short 100-word abstract outlining their clinical research data needs, which are not limited to electronic health records, and why it’s important for improving health outcomes. Submitted abstracts will be reviewed and selected for short, five-minute presentations at the event. AI/data science experts will be on hand for consultation.
This event will also introduce Penn State researchers in biomedical and health science to the Digital Collaboratory for Precision Health Research (DCPHR), which provides secure, seamless access to statistical AI, machine learning and causal inference analyses of electronic health records data. Additionally, the reverse science event will feature submitted presentations from Penn State College of Medicine clinical scientists who would like to apply AI techniques and data science to advance their research.
A seed grant opportunity for teams of faculty with the relevant expertise to establish collaborations needed to realize the promise and potential of AI in health care will be announced.
Opening remarks will be offered by Vasant Honavar, professor of information sciences and technology, Huck Chair in Biomedical Data Sciences and Artificial Intelligence, director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence Foundations and Scientific Applications, associate director of the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, and informatics co-lead in the Penn State Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute.
The DCPHR was established through collaboration with Penn State Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute’s informatics core service team, Penn State Center for Artificial Intelligence Foundations and Scientific Applications, the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences and the Social Science Research Institute.