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Nicoleta Economou, PhD, the founding director of ABCDS Oversight, was recently interviewed by AIMed’s Gemma Lovegrove for their AI Champions Interview Series, which highlights key thought leaders in the AI space.

Duke University and Duke Health have recently announced a monumental five-year strategic partnership with Microsoft to support artificial intelligence (AI) applications in medicine and lead transformation in healthcare delivery, champion health equity, and pioneer advanced research.

Duke Health’s Nicoleta Ecnomou, PhD, served on a panel for the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) AI Showcase Stage II Webinar, a fireside chat featuring the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Coalition for Health AI (CHAI).

Duke Health’s Nicoleta Economou, PhD, recently presented Duke’s Algorithm-Based Clinical Decision Support (ABCDS) Oversight framework at DECODE, an international European Union- and Horizon 2020-funded training program for postgraduate students at the National University of Athens, Greece.

The US National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has announced an initiative aimed at developing an Artificial Intelligence Code of Conduct (AICC).

Sophia Bessias, evaluation lead for ABCDS Oversight, attended the AMIA Clinical Informatics Conference in Chicago (May 23-25), where she presented a three-tiered approach for translating AI governance principles into actionable guidance for development teams.

ABCDS Oversight Director Nicoleta Economou, PhD, and Benjamin Goldstein, PhD, recently served on an invited panel: ‘Machine Learning Applications in Medical Informatics and Avoiding Bias and Supporting Fairness and Equity’ for the Analytics and Machine-Learning for Maternal-Health Interventions (AMMI) 2023 Conference.

The Duke Office of Scientific Integrity DOSI hosted a virtual research town hall on “Artificial Intelligence and Academic Research:” featuring Duke Health’s Michael Pencina, PhD, and Duke ABCDS Oversight Director Nicoleta Economou, PhD.

ABCDS Oversight Regulatory Advisory Subcommittee Co-Chair Amanda Parrish, PhD, RAC, and ABCDS Oversight Director Nicoleta Economou, PhD, have been invited to present at the meeting of the North Carolina Regulatory Affairs Forum (NCRAF), a North Carolina-based association of regulatory affairs professionals.

The CHAI webinar featured Duke AI Health Director Michael Pencina, PhD, and Duke ABCDS Oversight Director Nicoleta Economou, PhD, as they discussed the Blueprint’s recommendations for enhancing trustworthiness, ensuring high-quality care, and addressing evolving healthcare needs with AI tools.