Research Colloquia
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Welcome to the Stanford Computational Medicine Colloquia series. Computational medicine is no longer a niche—it is a core driver of how we discover, evaluate, and deliver care. Yet its impact depends not only on technical innovation, but on shared understanding across disciplines. This series brings together those building computational approaches and those seeking to understand how they are reshaping biomedical research, clinical practice, and medical education. We invite you to join us online or in person to participate in discussions on cutting-edge advances and practical lessons in the field. Sign up for our mailing list here to stay up to date on the latest events!
Holistic Evaluation of Large Language Models for Medical Tasks with MedHELM
March 12, 2026 @ 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Speaker: Suhana Bedi
3rd Year Biomedical Data Science PhD Student
Stanford University
Towards the AI Doctor: Utah and Beyond
March 5, 2026 @ 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Speaker: Byron Crowe, MD, MSc.
Chief Medical Officer
Doctronic AI
Do Contemporary Advances in AI Require Change in the Fundamental ‘Theorem’ of Informatics?
February 26, 2026 @ 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Speaker: Charles P. Friedman, PhD.
Professor of Learning Health Sciences
University of Michigan Medical School
Advice for Those (Maybe) Interested in Starting a Company
February 19, 2026 @ 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Speaker: Alexander Morgan, MD, PhD.
Partner
Khosla Ventures
Predict, Prevent, Personalize – Health AI at Northwell Heath
February 12, 2026 @ 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Speaker: Theodoros Zanos, PhD.
Professor, Head - Division of Health AI, Head - Neural and Data Science Lab
Institute of Health System Science, Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research & Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
The Causal Effect of Herpes Zoster Vaccination on New Dementia Diagnoses
February 5, 2026 @ 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Speakers: Richard Haarburger, PhD.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Stanford University, Department of Medicine
Michael Pomirchy, PhD.
Social Science Research Scholar
Stanford University, Department of Medicine
Recording Unavailable
A Unified Molecular Framework for Quantifying Immune Dysregulation Across Health, Diseases, and Treatment Response
January 29, 2026 @ 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Speaker: Purvesh Khatri, PhD.
Professor of Medicine (Biomedical Informatics - Research Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection)
Stanford University, School of Medicine
Recording Available
Precision Medicine for Hospital Care: From Bedside Insight to Clinical Impact
January 22, 2026 @ 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Speaker: Tim Sweeney, MD, PhD.
Co-Founder and CEO
Inflammatix
Recording Available