The RSTMH Annual Meeting is taking place this September on the theme of ‘AI in Global Health: Ethics, Equity and Innovation’ and will provide an opportunity for attendees to listen and discuss with an international group of senior experts across global health, research and policy on how AI is shaping the future of the field. Check out the programme to see full list of exciting sessions and inspiring speakers.

TOPICS COVERED

Two day meeting with key note talks, panel discussions, short talks, abstract presentations, networking and career development advice - around the topic of the use of AI in Global Health. Hear from experts and innovators in this space and achieve the following - Unpack the term AI and understand the many different approaches that make up this collective term.

• Hear about real world examples of AI techniques being applied in different settings and to different areas of health delivery for prevention and treatment
• Have to the opportunity to ask experts working in clinical practice, research and implementation about the challenges and opportunities of using AI
• Hear how big data is being used to predict disease patterns
• Understand how AI is affecting universities, research centres, hospitals and communities in their work in global health
• Hear from early career researchers on how they have made use of AI techniques
• Hear about AI being used in health areas including NCD’s, cancer, TB, mental health, infectious diseases, elderly care
• Learn how AI is affecting scientific publishing and funding
• Have the chance to learn from experts about the ethical considerations and current regulatory frameworks for AI
• Consider ways in which you may be able to introduce AI into your own research and projects in Global Health
• Hear from RSTMH about its recent Special Collection of articles in the area of AI in Global Health.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Clinicians, academic researchers, social scientists, policy makers and students.

SPEAKERS

• Olufemi O. Adewole, Professor/Consultant Physician and Pulmonologist, Obafemi Awolowo University
• Professor Rifat Atun, Professor of Global Health Systems, Harvard
• Dr Buddha Basnyat, Chairman of the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Nepal
• Dr Charles Cleland, ophthalmologist and clinical research fellow, International Centre for Eye Health, LSHTM
• Professor Margaret Gyapong, Professor of Applied Health Social Science and Global Health
• Professor John O. Gyapong, Secretary General, African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA)
• Dr Wendy Harrison, Chief Executive Officer, Unlimit Health
• Professor Sanjay Kinra, Professor in Clinical Epidemiology, LSHTM
• Carleigh Krubiner, Bioethics Lead, Wellcome
• Rohit Malpani, Consultant on AI in health, AMR, and access to medicines
• Julia McDonnell, Director of Journal Product, Oxford University Press
• Dr Gita Khalili Moghaddam, Principal Investigator, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge
• Jen Perkins MSF AI Accelerator, Programme Manager
• Dr Bhargavi Rao, Strategic Lead for Research, Médecins Sans Frontières and Associate Professor in Humanitarian Health, LSHTM
• Sarah Rafferty, International Stakeholder Engagement Lead, UK Office for National Statistics
• Professor Adam Roberts Professor of Microbiology Medicine, LSTM
• Professor Liam Smeeth, Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
• Dr Louise Thwaites, Associate Professor, clinical researcher and member of the Emerging Infections group at OUCRU and Associate Professor in the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health at the University of Oxford
• Dr Craig Tipple, Medical Director, DNDi
• Professor George M. Varghese, Professor and Head of Department of Infectious Diseases, CMC Vellore
• Dr William Wasswa, Biomedical Engineer and Senior Lecturer, Mbarara University
• Dr Peiling Yap, Chief Scientist, Health AI

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