AMIA: For Your Informatics AMIA

Hosts:
Dr. Sabrina Hsueh, Director of Ethical AI and External Innovation, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Karmen S. Williams, Assistant Professor, CUNY SPH
Guest: Dr. Francesca Rossi, IBM Fellow and AI Ethics Global Leader
Description:
In this episode of the Association of Computing Machinery and AMIA Joint Podcast Series, we learn more about the career trajectory and the global outlook on artificial intelligence outlook through our chat with an IBM fellow and AI Ethics Global Leader, Dr. Francesca Rossi. You can also listen on ACM - https://learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep53-francesca-rossi.

Hosts: Leyla Warsame, MD
Guest: Dr. Terika McCall, PhD, MPH, MBA, Yale School of Public Health
Description: The Consumer Health Informatics Lab at Yale University is engaging in cutting-edge research and practice tailored to the consumer. In this episode, we delve into the latest breakthroughs and insights at the intersection of digital health and mental health. From innovative apps to personalized interventions, we uncover how technology is revolutionizing the way we understand and address mental health challenges.

Co-Hosts: Leyla Warsame, MD and Davina Zamanzadeh, PhD
Guest: Dr. Victoria Nichols Johnson, MD, retired Associate Professor and Physician from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynecology. She is the founder and past president of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, and past chair of the Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues Work Group of AMIA.
Description: This latest installment of the Forgotten No More Series perfectly intersects with the observance of Black History Month and the start of Women's History Month as we focus on Henrietta Lacks. Listen and share this storytelling and historical perspective of the no longer forgotten, Henrietta Lacks.

Guest Host: Kevin Wiley, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina 
Guest: Prof. Meredith Broussard, Associate Professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Insititute of New York University and Research Director at the NYU Alliance for Public Interest Technology. Her work has been featured in the New Yorker, the New York Times, the Atlantic, BBC, Wired, the Economist, and more. She appears in the Emmy-nominated documentary "Coded Bias" on Netflix and serves on the advisory board for the Center for Critical Race & Digital Studies.
In this eye-opening episode, we dive deep into the world of Artificial Intelligence and its pervasive impact on the field of medicine and healthcare. While AI holds incredible promise to revolutionize healthcare and benefit patients, regardless of background, it is not all roses and sunshine. Join us as we explore the crucial and often overlooked issue of AI bias in medicine and healthcare.
 

Hosts: Sabrina Hsueh PhD
Adela Grando, PhD
Guest: Regina Barzilay, School of Engineering Distinguished Professor of AI & Health in the Department of Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the AI Faculty Lead at MIG Jameel Clinic
In this episode, part of a special collaboration between ACM ByteCast and the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)’s For Your Informatics podcast, hosts Sabrina Hsueh and Adela Grando welcome Regina Barzilay, a School of Engineering Distinguished Professor of AI & Health in the Department of Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the AI Faculty Lead at MIT Jameel Clinic. She develops machine learning methods for drug discovery and clinical AI. In the past, she worked on natural language processing. Her research has been recognized with the MacArthur Fellowship, an NSF Career Award, and the AAAI Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity. Regina is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Regina describes her career journey, and how a personal experience with the healthcare system led her to work on an AI-based system for the early detection—and prediction of—breast cancer. She explains why entering the interdisciplinary field of clinical AI is so challenging and offers valuable advice on how to overcome some of these challenges. Regina also opines on new models for using AI, including the promise of ChatGPT in healthcare. Finally, she talks about inequity in medicine, and offers actionable insights on how to mitigate these shortfalls while moving the field of clinical AI forward.

Hosts: Sabrina Hsueh, PhD 
Adela Grando, PhD

Guest: Mor Peleg, PhD, University of Haifa's Data Science Research Center

In this episode, part of a special collaboration between ACM ByteCast and the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)’s For Your Informatics podcast, hosts Sabrina Hsueh and Adela Grando welcome Mor Peleg, Professor of Information Systems at the University of Haifa and Founding Director and Head of its Data Science Research Center. She is Editor in Chief of the Journal of Biomedical Informatics and an international fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI). She received AMIA's New Investigator Award for work on the GLIF3 guideline modeling language. Mor is a renowned researcher in clinical guideline-based decision support.

Initially fascinated by biomedical engineering, Mor shares how she arrived at the intersection of information systems and medicine, after working in IT and completing her postdoctoral research at Stanford. She mentions her recent project, MobiGuide, which aims to narrow the gap between clinical guidance and patient needs by providing 24/7 decision support to patients and providers. With a current focus on improving the mental well-being of cancer patients through evidence-based practices such as exercise, yoga, and positive psychology. Mor also shares advice for people (especially women) looking to work in interdisciplinary fields. She emphasizes the importance of health equity and how AI can be employed in the service of detecting unfairness.