AI & Health Workshop
Bringing together Georgia Tech faculty researchers working in AI and health to share ongoing efforts, network, and form collaborative teams
Co-hosted by the Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, the Institute for Data Engineering and Science, and the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Monday, May 11, 2026
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Petit Biotechnology Building (IBB), 315 Ferst Drive NW, Suddath Seminar Room 1128
Open to GT faculty researchers only | Register by Monday, May 4 | Space Limited
One trainee per lab may participate by presenting a poster during the lunchtime poster session. Faculty attendees can enter their trainee’s information when registering.
Agenda
8:00 a.m. Check-in - Nerem Atrium
Continental Breakfast - Suddath Seminar Room 1128
8:30 a.m. Welcome Remarks - Andrés García, David Sherrill, May Dongmei Wang
Session I - AI for Bio-discovery: From Molecules to Microbial Systems
Chair: Andrés García
8:35 a.m. "Closing the Loop from Genome to Disease to Therapeutics to Patients with AI" - Jeffrey Skolnick, Biological Sciences
8:50 a.m. "AI-enabled Real-time Microbial Monitoring to Advance Sustainable Biomanufacturing" - Ameet Pinto, Civil and Environmental Engineering
9:05 a.m. "AI-driven Metabolic Biomarker Discovery from High-dimensional Cellular Data" - Facundo Fernandez, Chemistry and Biochemistry
9:20 a.m. Q&A - Discussion
Session II - AI for Population Health: Access, Optimization, and Prediction
Chair: May Dongmei Wang
9:35 a.m. "AI for Epidemiology and Public Health" - B. Aditya Prakash, Computational Science and Engineering
9:50 a.m. "Point-of-care Technologies for Fetal-maternal Health Monitoring" - Alex Adams, Interactive Computing
10:05 a.m. "AI-enabled Operations Research for Health Systems" - Nicoleta Serban, Industrial and Systems Engineering
10:20 a.m. Q&A - Discussion
10:30 a.m. Coffee break
Session III - AI in Healthcare: Trust, Decision Making, and Impact
Chair: David Sherrill
11:00 a.m. "Accessible Healthcare through AI-augmented Decisions (AHeAD)" - Ghassan AlRegib, Electrical and Computer Engineering
11:15 a.m. "AI for Rural Health" - Jon Duke, Computational Science and Engineering, Interactive Computing
11:30 a.m. "Autism and Aging: Pushing AI Beyond Snapshots in Time" - Agata Rozga, Interactive Computing
11:45 a.m. "Translating AI for Impact in Healthcare: Challenges and Opportunities" - May Dongmei Wang, Biomedical Engineering
12:00 p.m. Q&A - Discussion
12:15 p.m. Poster Session and Lunch (optional trainee participation) - Nerem Atrium
1:45 p.m. Breakout Sessions:
- Frontier AI for Health at Scale: From Foundation Models to Real-world Decision Intelligence
Facilitator: May Dongmei Wang - Suddath Seminar Room 1128 - Actionable and Trustworthy AI in Medicine: From Discovery to Real-world Impact
Facilitator: David Sherrill - Nerem Atrium
2:45 p.m. Networking
3:30 p.m. Adjourn
Co-Chairs
Andrés García - Executive Director, Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience
David Sherrill - Executive Director, Institute for Data Science and Engineering
May Dongmei Wang - Petit Faculty Fellow, Biomedical Engineering
Questions
Direct inquiries to connect@ibb.gatech.edu.