Research Colloquia
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Welcome to the Stanford Computational Medicine Colloquia series. This series brings together researchers, clinicians, educators, and industry leaders to explore the latest advances at the intersection of data science, artificial intelligence, statistics, and healthcare. Through engaging presentations and discussions, the series highlights both emerging discoveries and the practical challenges of translating computational innovation into real-world impact.
We invite you to join us online or in person to participate in discussions on cutting-edge advances and practical lessons in the field. To receive announcements about upcoming colloquia, join our mailing list here.
Biosecurity in an Age of AI: Frontier Safety, Anticipatory Governance, and Defensive Innovation
June 4, 2026 @ 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Speakers: Jassi Pannu, MD.
Assistant Professor and Senior Scholar
At
John Hopkins Center for Health Security
Decoding Cells and Tissues with Language-Multimodal AI
May 28, 2026 @ 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Speakers: Mortiz Schaefer, PhD.
Postdoctoral Scholar
At
Stanford University, Department of Medicine & Department of Computer Science
AI in Medicine: Real Magic or Illusory Imitations
May 21, 2026 @ 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Speakers: Jonathan Chen, MD, PhD.
Associate Professor & Director of Medical Education in Artificial Intelligence
At
Stanford University, Division of Computational Medicine
Toward a Radiology Foundation Model
May 14, 2026 @ 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Speakers: Curt Langlotz, MD, PhD.
Professor of Radiology, Medicine, and Biomedical Data Science, Senior Associate Vice Provost for Research, & a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
At
Stanford University
AI as an Everyday Collaborator: How Agents Can Change the Way We Work and Live
May 7, 2026 @ 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Speaker: Vishnu Ravi, MD.
Clinical Assistant Professor & Technology Architect
At
Stanford University
Learning Health Systems as a Success Factor for AI in Healthcare
April 30, 2026 @ 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Speakers:
Jiang Bian, PhD.
Chief Data Scientist & Associate Dean of Data Science and Professor and Vice Chair for Translational Informatics Biostatistics and Health Data Science
Indiana University Health and Regenstrief Institute & Indiana University, School of Medicine
Yiye Zhang, PhD.
Associate Professor in Population Health Sciences and Emergency Medicine &
Informatics Director of Clinical Decisions Support
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medicine & New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Behind the Scenes: Publishing at Nature
April 23, 2026 @ 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Speaker: George Caputa, PhD.
Senior Editor for Applied Biological & Clinical AI
At
Nature
Developing a National-Scale Rare Disease Screening Program Using Foundation Models
April 16, 2026 @ 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Speaker: Alison Callahan, PhD.
Research Scientist & Data Scientist
At
Stanford Division of Computational Medicine & Stanford Health Care







