Featuring:
Vardit Ravitsky, PhD
President and CEO, The Hastings Center
Senior Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Professor, University of Montréal
In this year's Merrimon Lecture, Vardit Ravitsky, PhD, will discuss the ethical aspects of AI in biomedical research and the NIH Bridge to AI Initiative. Ravitsky runs an active research program and holds several positions on advisory boards. Her research in bioethics focuses on ethical, legal, and social implications of genomics and assisted reproductive technologies, with an emphasis on emerging biotechnologies and their implications for women's autonomy and for disability rights. She also studies the ethics of AI in biomedicine.
Location: 321 MacNider or via Zoom.