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, click the link below.
When AI Writes the Science: Fabricated References, Agentic Literature Synthesis, and Ambient AI
November 5, 2026 @ 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Speaker: Maxim (Max) Topaz, PhD, RN, MA, FAAN, FIAHSI, FACMI
Elizabeth Standish Gill Associate Professor of Nursing at Columbia University Medical Center & Columbia University Data Science Institute
Senior Research Scientist at VNS Health
IMIA Board Vice-President at MEDINFO2025 Taipei
Co-Director at Nursing and Artificial Intelligence Leadership (NAIL) Collaborative
Director of Services at Center for Community Engaged Data Science and Health Informatics
Choosing Insight Over Overload in the Age of AI
October 29, 2026 @ 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Speaker: Philip R.O. Payne, PhD, FACMI, FAMIA, FAIMBE, FIAHSI
Chief Health AI Officer | Vice Chancellor, Biomedical Informatics and Data Science | Professor and Director, Institute for Informatics, Data Science, and Biostatistics (I2DB) | Professor, Medicine & Computer Science and Engineering
At
Washington University and BJC Health
AI in Oncology
October 22, 2026 @ 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Speaker: Jakob Nikolas Kather, MD, MSc.
Hopp Foundation Professor of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine & Founding Director, Institute for Medical AI (IMAI)
At
Heidelberg University Hospital
From Bits to Bedside: Three Clinical AI Pilots that Scaled – or Stopped
October 15, 2026 @ 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Speakers:
April Liang, MD.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine & Internist and Clinical Informaticist
At
Stanford University & Stanford Health Care
Jane Wang, MD.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine & ENT Surgical Co-Management Hospitalist
At
Stanford University & Stanford Health Care
Natasha Steele, MD, MPH.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine & Internist
At
Stanford University & Stanford Health Care
Stephen Ma, MD PhD.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine &
Internist and Clinical Informaticist
At
Stanford University & Stanford Health Care
Precision Immunology at Point-of-Care
October 8, 2026 @ 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Speakers:
Andrew Moore, MD.
Instructor, Medicine – Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine and Critical Care Physician
At
Stanford University & Stanford Tri-Valley and Good Samaritan Hospitals
Clove Taylor
Immunology PhD Student
At
Stanford University
Purvesh Khatri
Professor of Medicine, Computational Medicine & Research Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection
At
Stanford University
From Copilots to Clinical Intelligence
October 1, 2026 @ 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Speakers:
Eric Oermann, MD.
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Radiology, and Data Science & Director, OLAB – Health AI Research Lab of NYU Langone Health
At
NYU & NYU Langone Health System
&
Krithik Vishwanath
Churchill Scholar
At
University of Cambridge
AI Agents Writing Research Articles
September 24, 2026 @ 12:00 pm-1:00pm
Speaker: Avi Ma’ayan, PhD.
Mount Sinai Endowed Professor in Bioinformatics, Professor, Department of Pharmacological Sciences
&
Director, Mount Sinai Center for Bioinformatics
At
Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai
