
2025 IU Bloomington Indiana CTSI Summit: AI and Health Research Summit
April 23 @ 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Join us for dynamic discussions on AI and ethics, public health, and medicine.
Featuring Susan Gregurick, PhD, Associate Director of the Office of Data Science Strategy, NIH.
Agenda
8:30 am: Breakfast
8:50 am: Introduction
Bill Hetrick, PhD, Indiana CTSI Deputy Director for IU Bloomington, and Joel A. Ybe, PhD, Indiana CTSI Navigator for IU Bloomington
9:00-10:00 am: Session I – AI and Ethics
“Ethics and Responsible Use of AI for Translational Science”
Matthew DeCamp, MD, PhD, Center for Bioethics and Humanities and Division of General Internal Medicine, Univ. of Colorado
“Supporting Equitable Design Processes of Robots and AI”
Anastasia Ostrowski, PhD, Dept. of Computer Graphics Technology, Purdue University
“Social Impacts and Ethical Challenges of AI in Healthcare: A Human-Centered Design Perspective”
Elizabeth Kaziunas, PhD, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, IU Bloomington
10:00-10:15 am: Break
10:15-11:15 am: Session II – AI, Public Health, Community
“From descriptive insights to predictive modeling: Understanding the role of the Phoenix: a Sober Active Community Mobile app on recovery outcomes among people with substance use disorders (SUD)”
Danny Valdez, PhD, Applied Health Science, IU School of Public Health – Bloomington
“Supporting Older Adults’ Social Wellness Needs Through AI-Enabled Systems: Opportunities and Barriers”
Aqueasha Martin-Hammond, PhD, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, IU Indianapolis
Talk Title TBD
Patrick Shih, PhD, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, IU Bloomington
11:15-11:30 am: Break
11:30-12:30 pm: Session III – AI and Medicine
“Simulated Minds: What Digital Twins Can Teach Us About Mental Health”
Samantha Wood, PhD, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, IU Bloomington
“Using Cognitive-Inspired Data Engineering to Improve Human and Machine Medical Image Decision-making”
Jennifer Trueblood, PhD, Psychological and Brian Sciences, IU Bloomington
“A Roadmap for Pushing Forward with Intentionality in Healthcare Artificial Intelligence”
Andrew Gonzalez, MD, JD, MPH, IU School of Medicine
12:30-2:00 pm: Lunch, Lunch Activity and Posters
2:00-2:15 pm: “Indiana CTSI support of AI and Health”
Sharon Moe, MD, and Sarah Wiehe, MD, MPH, Co-Directors of the Indiana CTSI
2:15-3:15 pm: Session IV – Flash Talks
“AI-Controlled Digital Humans and Digital Twins”
Alan Dennis, PhD, Kelly School of Business, IU Bloomington
“AI-Driven Drug Discovery Pipeline for Lead Optimization”
Yijie Wang, PhD, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, IU Bloomington
“Interpretable AI models for microbiome-based host phenotype prediction”
Yuzhen Ye, PhD, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, IU Bloomington
“Nucleus Quantification in Ki67 Images”
Xuhong Zhang, PhD, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, IU Bloomington
“AI-Enabled Surgical Video Analysis”
Da Yan, PhD, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, IU Bloomington
“Integrating Deep Learning into Computational Mass Spectrometry for Precision Health”
Haixu Tang, PhD, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, IU Bloomington
3:15-4:00 pm: Keynote Address
Susan Gregurick, PhD, Associate Director for Data Science and Director of the Office of Data Science Strategy, National Institutes of Health.