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Making AI a Lifesaver

Alumni, Networking and Social

A Hopkins-Harvard Event in D.C.

An invitation-only panel discussion about how to maximize AI's benefits for public health and minimize its risks. 

Tuesday, October 8, 2024, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. ET
Location
Hopkins Bloomberg Center in DC
Onsite
Past Event

Artificial intelligence has astonishing potential to transform how we confront public health challenges.

AI could lead to better drugs, quicker responses to disasters and outbreaks, and improved equity and access. But it also could cause a host of technical, ethical, and privacy problems.   

Policy, research, and private sector experts will share their perspectives in a panel discussion on how to create the best possible AI for public health. Panelists include: 

  • Micky Tripathi, assistant secretary for Technology Policy; national coordinator for Health Information Technology; and acting chief artificial intelligence officer, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  
  • Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, immediate past president, American Medical Association. 

  • Elizabeth Stuart, PhD, Frank Hurley and Catharine Dorrier Professor and Chair, Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.   
  • John Auerbach, senior vice president, ICF; and former commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health.  

  • Moderator: Alison Snyder, managing editor, Axios.  

Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health magazine, Global Health NOW, and Harvard Public Health invite you to an evening of enlightening discussion, networking, and refreshments at the new Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C. Co-hosts: The alumni teams at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.


Details: 

Tuesday, October 8 

  • 6–7 p.m.: Networking reception  
  • 7–8 p.m.: Panel and Q&A 
  • 8–8:30 p.m.: Dessert 

Location
Hopkins Bloomberg Center 
555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW 
Washington, D.C.