An AI Ally for Human Health

Lecture:
An AI Ally for Human Health
Nicholas Lee-Ping Chia, Ph.D.

12:00pm-2:00pm

Check-In at 1:30pm

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Surgery is hard. From gathering information about the patient’s pathology to identifying the microbes that could infect the surgical site to the simple act of moving lights so surgeons can see clearly, there is a heavy load for medical teams. What if artificial intelligence could help reduce the cognitive load for our healthcare experts and improve outcomes for patients?  

Argonne National Laboratory’s Nick Chia has spent his career pushing the boundaries of technology to battle some of the most aggressive pathogens known to science. Chia is a computational biologist using large language models, machine learning, AI tools, and some of the world’s fastest supercomputers in his quest to revolutionize healthcare. Hosted at the one-of-a-kind International Museum of Surgical Science, this talk is one you don’t want to miss.  

Dr. Nicholas Lee-Ping Chia received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in 2006, and from 2006-2011 was a postdoctoral fellow at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He then went on to a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Systems Biology before becoming a faculty member at Mayo Clinic. He has served as junior editor for several journals, including mSystems and Frontiers. Selected honours include the Humboldt Fellowship and Fredrick P. Li Impact Award (AACR).

This program is presented in collaboration with the Argonne National Laboratory. Argonne is a multidisciplinary science and engineering research center where leading scientists and engineers work together to answer the biggest questions facing humanity – from how to obtain reliable and affordable energy, to how to protect ourselves from emerging threats.