It's no secret that artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way our world works, and its biggest impact will arguably be in health.

AI is reinventing - and reinvigorating - modern healthcare through machines that can predict, comprehend, learn, and act, as well as helping close the gap on a number of the inequities and pressures within the health system.

Joining the panel are Associate Professor Fatemeh Vafee, Deputy Director of the UNSW Data Science Hub (uDASH); Professor Louisa Jorm, Foundation Director of the Centre for Big Data Research in Health; and Dr Aengus Tran, Co-Founder and CEO of harrison.ai. It will be facilitated by ABC's health and science reporter Tegan Taylor.

Our experts will explore how AI is being used to simplify data for better patient, provider and industry outcomes, and the challenges the industry faces around data privacy and cyber security.

Doors/Registration for this event will open at 5:30pm. The event and panel will start at 6:00pm sharp until 7pm. Networking to follow.

Meet the Panel:

Dr Fatemeh Vafaee

Deputy Director of UNSW Data Science Hub (uDASH)

Dr Vafee is a Deputy Director of uDASH and an Associate Professor in Computational Biomedicine and Bioinformatics. She has a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Illinois, Chicago, USA.

Dr Vafee launched (2017) and leads the AI-enhanced Biomedicine Laboratory at UNSW, collaboratively working on developing advanced machine-learning methods and deep-learning models that leverage large omics data to find hidden structures within them, account for complex interactions among the measurements, integrate heterogeneous data and make accurate predictions in different biomedical applications ranging from multi-omics biomarker discovery to single-cell multi-omics and drug repositioning. She has a strong track record of multidisciplinary research leadership and industrial engagement, with her research attracting over $1`2.3m in research projects and industrial partnership grants.

Professor Louisa Jorm

Foundation Director, Centre for Big Data Research in Health, UNSW Medicine & Health

Professor Jorm has worked in senior leadership roles in both government and universities, giving her unique opportunities for translational research impacts. She is an international leader in health ‘big data’ research and specifically in applying analytic methods including machine learning and AI to large-scale health data to create real-world evidence about topics including cardiovascular disease, surgery, and healthcare at end-of-life. Professor Jorm has published around 200 scientific papers and been awarded >$40 million in research grants. She is a high-profile advocate for more and better use of routinely collected health data for research.

Dr Aengus Tran

Co-Founder and CEO of harrison.ai and alumnus of UNSW Medicine & Health

Dr Tran is a medical doctor and world-ranked Al engineer and data scientist. He’s also co-founder and CEO of harrison.ai, a clinician-led artificial intelligence medical technology company, tackling some of the biggest issues in healthcare causing inequitable diagnosis today. Aengus and his team have rapidly developed breakthrough AI software across IVF, radiology and soon pathology, all with the aim of helping clinicians make the right diagnoses faster and treat patients sooner. 

Tegan Taylor (host)

ABC health and science reporter and co-host of the ABC’s multi-award-winning Coronacast

She also co-hosts ABC Radio National’s Health Report and hosts the live event series and radio/podcast Ockham’s Razor. She’s been known to pop up on Radio National Life Matters, Triple J and in the Best of Australian Science Writing. In 2020, Coronacast won a Walkley Award and the Eureka Prize for Science Journalism. Tegan was previously a producer on the ABC's national digital newsdesk, a journalism lecturer at The University of Queensland and, long ago, a newspaper reporter.