The University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions Artificial Intelligence Work Group is pleased to host presentations from renowned experts in health care and public health AI. These presentations are free and open to the campus community.
Schedule
Seminars are held in-person at 1 p.m. and via Zoom. Lunch boxes will be provided to the first 30 people who register for in-person participants. The talks will be also be live streamed via Zoom for online participants.
Previous seminars
February 10, 2026
Beyond the Patient Portal: Generative AI for Lab Result Interpretation and Empowerment
Presented by Dr. Zhe He, Professor in the School of Information and Director of the Institute for Successful Longevity at Florida State University. He also serves as Director of the Biostatistics, Informatics, and Research Design (BIRD) Program for the UF–FSU Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA)
September 23, 2025
Information Session: The Florida Research Data Center
Presented by Dr. Jaclyn Hall, Executive Director of Florida Research Data Center and Dr. John Hood, U.S. Census Bureau.
April 24, 2025
AI for supporting chronic care: from prediction models to RAG-based chatbots
Presented by Dr. Riccardo Bellazzi, Professor of Bioengineering and Biomedical Informatics at the University of Pavia and co-director of the Biomedical Informatics Labs "Mario Stefanelli" in Italy.
January 21, 2025
Transforming Medicine and Healthcare through Artificial Intelligence
Presented by Yonghui Wu, Associate Professor in the Presented by Yonghui Wu, Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics in the College of Medicine at the University of Florida.
November 15, 2024
Digital Twins and AI – A look at the next five years and how they will transform healthcare (NVIDIA/Mark III)
Presented by Andy Lin, VP Strategy, CTO of Mark III Systems
March 29, 2024
"What really is Al and how can it be implemented to improve health care?"
The UF PHHP AI Workgroup aims to provide a platform that builds and showcases innovative research intersecting public health and AI by connecting the local and global research community, facilitating scientific dissemination and discussion, and promoting collaboration.
NOV. 17, 2023
“AI models: the importance of being…interpretable”
Presented by Dr. Panayiotis (Takis) Benos, a distinguished UF professor of epidemiology who holds the William Bushnell Presidential Chair.