AI & Disruptive Technologies in Healthcare

What

Public Forum

When

Thu, Jan 21, 2021 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

Where

Zoom

Join Science & Policy Exchange for the 2nd edition in our Public forum series. The fast-paced advancement of AI & disruptive technologies will impact several sectors, especially in #healthcare. We will be exploring the present & future of these technologies and their impact on healthcare as well as possible #policy solutions with the help of our guest speakers!

#SPEForum Format: Each speaker will get 10 - 15 minutes, followed by a 15-20 minute discussion period led by the moderator.

Cost: Free!
This public forum will be in English.
The link for the event will be sent the day before

Moderator:
Dr.Jean-Christophe Belisle Pipon is an expert in bioethics whose research lies at the interface of health policies, citizen and patient engagement in research and health governance, as well as business practices.

Speakers:
Azadeh Dastmalchi,CEO and co-founder of Vital tracer, a medical startup that designs wearable medical devices that can help identify multiple conditions/diseases such as #COVID19. Azadeh Dastmalchi also won the Social Entrepreneur and Pitch Competition Award from Mitacs for her company, VitalTracer.

Dr.Carole Jaber specializes as a science advisor & scientific affairs in the health research sector and is currently a partner at CapCogito, assistant director of research at the CHUM Research Centre & Scientific Director at Fonds de recherche du Québec en Santé

Dr.Plinio Morita is the head of the UbiLab in the School of Public Health & Health Systems at the U. of Waterloo and holds the J.W. Graham Information Technology Emerging Leader Chair in Applied Health Informatics. His research team focuses on using big data and AI to improve current public health surveillance mechanisms and support countries in the monitoring of health indicators.