2025 Institute for Medical Data Science Symposium

 
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UW 2025 Medical Data Science Symposium Sponsored by School of Medicine, College of Engineering, and School of Public Health
 

One-Day Symposium

Ethical and Inclusive Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Improve Health

  • What: One-day symposium
  • When: Thursday, February 6, 2025 
  • Where: Husky Union Building Lyceum, University of Washington

 

Registration Now Open

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Sponsors

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UW Medicine - UW School of Medicine
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UW College of Engineering
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UW School of Public Health
 

Details

The 2025 UW Medical Data Science Symposium will bring together leading UW researchers to discuss ethical and inclusive data science and AI to improve health. Subthemes include:

  • Trustworthy and Ethical AI for Medicine

  • Governance of AI and Data Science for clinical applications

  • Lowering barriers to interdisciplinary collaboration for clinical applications of AI and Data Science

  • Translation of AI Methods into Clinical Practice

  • Equitable and Inclusive AI and Data Science in Health

     

Keynote Presentation

Title TBA

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Eric Horovitz

Eric Horvitz, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer of Microsoft

Dr. Eric Horvitz serves as Microsoft’s Chief Scientific Officer. He spearheads company-wide initiatives, navigating opportunities and challenges at the confluence of scientific frontiers, technology, and society, including strategic efforts in AI, medicine, and the biosciences.

Learn more about Dr. Horvitz

 

The symposium also includes:

  • Updates on IMDS Pilot Award Projects 
  • Panel discussion on ethical AI
  • Opportunities to network and meet people
  • Poster session and select poster short talks
 

Poster Session

Individuals are invited to submit research findings and ideas to present at the symposium poster session. Trainees (graduate students, postdocs, residents, undergraduates) are particularly encouraged to attend and submit abstracts for posters.

Posters will be on display throughout the entire day, with the poster session and reception taking place 3:15 – 5 p.m. Select posters that align with symposium themes will be chosen for 15-minute short talks 2-3 p.m. 

Accepted poster presenters receive free admission to the symposium. If you submit a poster, please do NOT register until you know if you're poster has been accepted.

Submit A Poster

 

Additional Symposium Details

Date

Thursday, February 6, 2025 

  • Registration opens at 8 a.m. 
  • Keynote begins at 9 a.m.
  • Event concludes at 5 p.m.

Location

Husky Union Building Lyceum
4001 East Stevens Way Northeast
Seattle, WA 98195

Cost

The Symposium registration fee includes morning coffee, lunch, and a post-event reception with light refreshments.

  • General Registration: $50
  • UW trainees/students: $25
  • Poster presenters: FREE

Registration 

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Attendees

The symposium is open to all — including those outside of UW —with an interest in ethical and inclusive data science and Artificial Intelligence, healthcare, and digital health.  

Scientific Programming Committee Members

Chairs

  • Peter Tarczy-Hornoch, MD, FACMI, Chair and Professor, Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education (BIME), University of Washington
  • Ali Shojaie, PhD, Professor and Associate Chair for Strategic Research Affairs, Biostatistics; Professor of Statistics

Members

  • Patrick Boyle, PhD, Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Associate Chair of Operations, Bioengineering
  • Trevor Cohen, MBChB, PhD, FACMI, Professor Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education (BIME)
  • Nathan Cross, MD, MS, CIIP, Vice Chair of Informatics, Associate Professor of Radiology, School of Medicine
  • Noah Hoffman, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Head of the Informatics Division, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
  • Mehmet Kurt, PhD, UW Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Adjunct Associate Professor of Radiology 
  • Su-In Lee, PhD, Paul G. Allen Professor, Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering; Adjunct Professor of Genome Sciences (GS), Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), and Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education (BIME); Director, Computational Molecular Biology Program; AI Core Director, NIH Nathan Shock Center for Basic Biology of Aging; Associate Director, Resuscitation Engineering Science Unit, UW Medicine
  • Lucy Lu Wang, PhD, UW Assistant Professor at Information School. Adjunct Assistant Professor, UW Human Centered Design & Engineering, UW Biomedical Informatics & Medical Education, and UW Computer Science & Engineering 

 

Questions

Contact: imds@uw.edu