AI & Health Symposium 2026

AI & Health Symposium

Friday, September 11

Join Us!

Our 5th annual AI & Health symposium is coming soon! For this year’s symposium, e-Health & Artificial Intelligence (e-HAIL) is continuing its partnership with Artificial Intelligence & Digital Health Innovation (AI&DHI), with additional support from the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (IHPI).

Accelerating interdisciplinary collaborations through opportunities for engagement around AI & health research is a major focus of the e-HAIL initiative, and the symposium is set up to maximize learning from and connecting with fellow faculty researchers interested/working in this field. AI&DHI provides data services, computing resources, and expertise in clinical workflow integration at Michigan Medicine (free of charge) to all U-M researchers. Attendees will learn more about all of these services and other U-M AI & health-related resources.

Friday, September 11
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
North Campus Research Complex
Building 18, Dining Hall
2800 Plymouth Rd
Ann Arbor, MI

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Agenda

9:00 am – 9:15 am
Coffee/Light Breakfast & Registration

9:15 am – 9:30 am
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Rada Mihalcea, PhD, Janice M. Jenkins Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, e-HAIL Co-lead Convener

Opening Remarks
Steven L. Kunkel, PhD, Executive Vice Dean for Research, Medical School; Chief Scientific Officer, Michigan Medicine; Peter A. Ward Distinguished University Professor; Endowed Professor of Pathology Research

9:30 am – 10:30 am
Keynote Speaker Introduction
Jenna Wiens, PhD, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Co-Director, AI & Digital Health Innovation

Keynote #1
“What (if anything) can mechanistic interpretability do for healthcare?”

Byron Wallace, PhD
Northeastern University
Sy and Laurie Sternberg Interdisciplinary Associate Professor
Associate Dean of Research

10:30 am. – 10:45 am
Coffee Break

10:45 am – 12:00 pm
Tabletop Discussions & Resource Tables

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch & Poster Session

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Keynote Speaker Introduction
Brahmajee Nallamothu, MD, MPH, Stevo Julius Research Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine; Professor of Internal Medicine; Co-Director, AI & Digital Health Innovation

Keynote #2
“Can we achieve high-quality healthcare without AI and automation?”

Karandeep Singh, MD, MMSc
University of California San Diego
Executive Director, Joan & Irwin Jacobs Center for Health Innovation
Chief Health AI Officer, UC San Diego Health
Associate Professor of Medicine in Biomedical Informatics
Dr. Singh will give a keynote presentation followed by a facilitated discussion led by Dr. Nallamothu. The conversation will explore how health systems approach AI strategy, governance, implementation, and the evolving role of automation in healthcare.

2:30 pm – 2:45 pm
Coffee Break

2:45 pm – 3:40 pm
Panel
Building Successful Academic-Industry Partnerships
What makes an academic-industry partnership successful? Panelists will share perspectives from university research and commercialization, startups, and large technology companies, with a focus on strategies for building productive and sustainable collaborations.
Moderator:
Mike Ranella, MBA, MPH, Interim Co-Director and Senior Director, Business Development, Fast Forward Medical Innovation
Participants:
Drew Bennett, MBA, Senior Licensing Strategist – Software, Innovation Partnerships
Shane Emmons, MS, MBA, Co-Founder & CEO, Swept AI
Shoba Subramanian, PhD, Expert Consultant: University-Industry Collaborations; former Head of University Partnerships, Amazon Fulfillment Technologies & Robotics

3:40 pm – 4:00 pm
Closing Remarks & Informal Networking
Todd Allen, PhD, Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering; Chihiro Kikuchi Collegiate Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Call for Video Research Showcase Submissions

For PIs: Participate in the Video Research Showcase to present a “problem (real-world healthcare use-case) in search of a solution” or a “solution (new AI/ML techniques) in search of a problem.” You might want to focus on “the problem” if you’re looking for methods/technical collaborators, and on “the solution” if you’re hoping for clinical expertise from collaborators. This is a great way to find (additional) collaborators for your research!

This session is cancelled.

Call for Posters

U-M students at any level, as well as U-M postdocs/researchers/faculty, are invited to present at the poster session of the annual AI & Health Symposium. Acceptable submissions include research contributions, work in progress, as well as previously published work. All topics within the broad field of AI and healthcare are welcome.

The poster session will take place on Friday, September 11, during lunch. The submission process is closed.

Application Form for Tabletop Discussions

For PIs: Are you interested in facilitating a tabletop discussion about a specific topic area related to AI & Health (90 minutes)? If yes, please describe the topic and answer some basic questions in the form here.

Proposals are no longer being accepted.

Questions?

Contact Kelly Manthei, Ph.D., e-HAIL Program Manager, at kmanthei@umich.edu.