AI event next week, bioethicists honored, AI & teen health
October 12, 2023
Can AI Promote Our Health & Well-Being? Challenges to effective use of AI in health systems
Medicine has been at the forefront of recent advances in artificial intelligence, from image recognition to generative AI. Join experts in AI and health as they discuss the hype, the hope, and what it might take for AI to improve patient outcomes. This online event features Hastings Center president Vardit Ravitsky, Roxana Daneshjou of Stanford School of Medicine, and Alex London of Carnegie Mellon. Thursday, October 19, at 2 pm EDT. Learn more and register.
Daniels, Dresser Named 2023 Bioethics Founders' Award Recipients Awards ceremony and more at ASBH annual meeting
Norman Daniels, PhD, of Harvard, and Rebecca Dresser, JD, of Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, are the recipients of the 2023 Bioethics Founders’ Award. Given by The Hastings Center, the award recognizes individuals from around the world who have made substantial, sustained contributions to bioethics in ways that have advanced thinking and practice in medicine, the life sciences, and public policy. Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky will present the awards tomorrow at the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) annual conference in Baltimore. Read more.
Other ASBH events featuring Hastings Center research scholars and other staff:
Bioethics in Community Health, with research associate Danielle M. Pacia, research scholar Carolyn P. Neuhaus, and former project manager and research assistant Aashna Lal. October 13
Investigating the Influence of AI on Teen Health Potential benefits and harms
Adolescents are known to be early adopters of emerging communication technologies, but little is known about how they use ChatGPT and other AI platforms and the potential implications on their health, write Hastings Center president Vardit Ravitsky and co-authors in a letter in the Journal of Adolescent Health. “For instance, can AI be employed to address adolescent mental health by providing chat-based interactions or answering questions related to sexual and reproductive health?” By understanding how AI can help support teens, “we may potentially bridge gaps in healthcare access and enhance the well-being of adolescents.” Read the letter.
Upcoming Events
Can AI Promote Our Health and Well-Being? October 19.
Integrating AI and ML into Research and Clinical Care: Scientific and Ethical Challenges, with Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky. October 24.
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