The VA National Artificial Intelligence Institute (NAII) is exploring the usage of synthetic intelligence (AI) to assist Veterans going through brain most cancers, traumatic brain accidents, and psychological health situations. The Brain Health & Rehabilitation by way of Artificial Intelligence Network Summit (BRAIN Summit) will spotlight how AI impacts three areas of vital significance to Veterans’ health: brain most cancers, brain damage and rehabilitation, and psychological health. The BRAIN Summit will likely be held September 7-9, bringing collectively leaders and innovators in exploring the nexus of AI coverage, health care and brain health for our nation’s Veterans.
Speakers will embody Dr. Carolyn Clancy, assistant beneath secretary for Health for Discovery, Education and Affiliate Networks, Veterans Health Administration, and the director of VA’s National Artificial Intelligence Institute (NAII) Dr. Gil Alterovitz. Other main specialists embody:
Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, assistant professor, Columbia University Medical Center, and creator of the Pulitzer Prize-winning e-book “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer”;
Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, William J. and Charles H. Mayo professor, and Monica Flynn Jacoby, endowed chair of Neurosurgery at Mayo Clinic;
Dr. Ronald Summers, senior investigator, NIH Clinical Center;
Dr. Jordan Green, director, professor and vice chair, Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins;
Dr. Nick van Terheyden, principal, ECG Management Consulting;
Dr. Eliot Siegel, professor and vice chair, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, and chief of radiology and Nuclear Medicine for the VA Maryland Healthcare System.
The BRAIN Summit will collect AI professionals throughout authorities, health care, analysis and business. Experts will share their newest analysis and practices on how to assist VA higher serve Veterans coping with brain most cancers, brain damage, PTSD, suicidal ideation and different health situations.
VA is prepared to embrace AI responsibly and effectively. The BRAIN Summit will assist VA clinicians improve their data of integrating AI into psychological health care to guarantee the very best care attainable for Veterans.
How will the BRAIN Summit assist Veterans?
There are roughly 50,000 new most cancers circumstances in Veterans annually. Overall, 12.9% of Veterans have PTSD in a given 12 months. The variety of traumatic brain accidents (TBIs) and suicides are additionally excessive amongst Veterans.
VA NAII is already utilizing AI and machine studying to rework a number of areas of Veteran health care providers, together with most cancers detection and suicide prevention. Founded in 2019, the NAII seeks to advance AI analysis, growth and coaching to enhance Veteran health and well-being, and to share this data globally. Integrating AI into the brain and psychological health providers will improve suicide prevention strategies, most cancers screening, TBI therapy and different pressing health challenges for Veterans.
How can Veterans take part in the BRAIN Summit?
Veterans, clinicians and researchers are invited to attend the BRAIN Summit freed from price, they usually can register right here. The Summit will likely be in-person, September 7-9, and happen on the Hilton Crystal City at Washington Reagan National Airport, 2399 Richmond Highway, Arlington, VA 22022.
Please go to the BRAIN Summit webpage for extra data.
https://news.va.gov/107949/brain-summit/
