CDI

Annual Symposium

Hybrid 13th Annual UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute Symposium

Silhouette of a young child with a the outline of a brain on the right, graphics and analysis in the background alluding to the future of medicine with artificial intelligence. This was used as a decorative logo for the brochure for the symposium whose theme focused on the impact of AI on child health

"The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Child Health"

Friday, May 15, 2026 at the Neuroscience Research Building, NRB-132 and via Zoom 7:30am-3:40pm 

 

Time Program Content
7:30am – 8am Continental Breakfast
8am – 9am Grand Rounds with Dr. Paul Lukac (he/him)
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Chief AI Officer, UCLA Health Department of Pediatrics, UCLA 
Title: Generative AI in Healthcare: Application, Evaluation & Governance
9am – 9:50am Fellows talks (moderated by Dr. Mittelman)
9:50am – 11:00 am Break
11:00am – 12:50pm Lunch and Poster Viewing (at NRB Patio)
12:50 –1:00 pm Welcoming Remarks
Dr. Steven Dubinett, MD (he/him), Dean, David Geffen School of Medicine
Dr. Shafali Jeste, MD (she/her), Chair, Department of Pediatrics
1:00 – 1:35 pm  Virtual presentation, Dr. Ying Xu, PhD (she/her)
Assistant Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Title: AI and the Developing Child: Myths, Evidence and Open Questions
1:35 – 2:10pm Virtual presentation, Dr. John Brownstein, MD (he/him)
Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School 
Chief Innovation Officer at Boston Children’s Hospital
Title: AI in Emerging and Re-emerging Pathogens and Epidemic Control
2:10pm – 2:20pm Break
2:20pm – 2:55pm In person presentation, Dr. L. Nelson Sanchez-Pinto, MD (he/him)
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Title: The Role of AI in Patient Safety and Clinical Decision-Making in Pediatrics 
2:55pm – 3:30pm  In person presentation, Dr. Nevan Krogan, PhD (he/him)
Professor, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and Director, Quantitative
Biosciences Institute, UC San Francisco
Title: From Sequence to System to Therapies: A Next Frontier of Drug Discovery
3:30pm – 3:40pm Announce Fellow & Resident Awards 
3:40pm Adjourn