Gillings AI and Public Health Showcase and Datathon scheduled for March
Gillings AI and Public Health Showcase
public event
- Thursday, March 5, 2026, 3:30pm-5:30pm
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health BCBS Auditorium (with reception to follow)
The UNC Gillings Center for Artificial Intelligence and Public Health (CAIPH) invites the full Gillings community, UNC campus, and general public to the Gillings AI and Public Health Showcase. The showcase will highlight the transformative power of AI in public health research and practice at Gillings and beyond. The Dean of the Gillings School of Global Public Health and the UNC Vice Chancellor for Research will open the event, followed by a video welcome from Cisco Systems CEO Chuck Robbins and an invited keynote address from Amir Rubin, CEO & Founding Partner, Healthier Capital. Four Gillings faculty will showcase their AI research. A networking reception will follow.
Gillings AI and Public Health Datathon
by application/invitation
- Friday, March 6, 2026, 8:00am through Saturday, March 7, 3:30pm
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Rosenau Hall
The Gillings AI and Public Health Datathon is a two-day, focused, mentored opportunity for transdisciplinary teams to dig into large public health datasets using data science and AI. Each team will be anchored by a public health research expert and a senior data scientist to provide domain and technical leadership. We welcome participants at all levels—from students to seasoned professionals—in both public health and data science.
This event offers novices the opportunity to gain hands-on experience and provides experts with the chance to explore fresh perspectives and form new partnerships. The datathon will be fully supported with large public health datasets, generous computational resources, and mentors. Teams will utilize these resources to address a public health question using AI and present their findings at the conclusion of the datathon. We expect that most teams will generate results that could be used in an abstract, preliminary data for a grant proposal, or could be further developed into a full manuscript.
The datathon is open to all at UNC and beyond. Because the event is on-campus and in-person, we expect the greatest number of participants to be UNC faculty, staff, researchers, postdocs, grad and professional students, and advanced undergrads. But others — alums, industry, community members, etc. — are all welcome to apply!
Presented by the UNC Gillings Center for Artificial Intelligence and Public Health (CAIPH)
Learn more at sph.unc.edu