Upcoming Events

The MuCaRD challenge addresses a critical gap in AI‐driven fundus screening: ensuring consistent performance across both familiar and unseen camera systems. Participants will develop and benchmark models under realistic constraints—training on a limited set of images from one device and then evaluating robustness and adaptability on entirely new devices. By simulating clinical and commercial deployment scenarios, MuCaRD promotes methods that generalize beyond a single data source and can quickly fine‐tune to novel imaging hardware.

Please join us on Tuesday, October 21st, 2025 at 12pm-1pm PST/3pm-4pm EST for the discussion forum: “The Observer Project: Transforming Healthcare from the Outside",  by Dr. Kevin Johnson.

Please join us on Thursday, December 11, 2025, at 12:00 PM PT/3:00 PM ET for the lecture: "Spatial Intelligence: A Key to Embodied AI" with Parisa Kordjamshidi, PhD. This will be the 5th installment in the Bridge2AI Training, Recruitment, and Mentoring (TRM) 2025-26 Lecture Series Large Language Model (LLM) Module. 

Please join us on Thursday, December 18, 2025, at 12:00 PM PT/3:00 PM ET for the lecture: “Navigating Ethical AI in Healthcare: Protecting Consumers and Patients” with Adela Grand, PhD. This will be the 6th installment in the Bridge2AI Training, Recruitment, and Mentoring (TRM) 2025-26 Lecture Series Large Language Model (LLM) Module.

Please join us on Tuesday, January 20th 2025 at 12pm-1pm PST/3pm-4pm EST for the discussion forum: “Trust Starts Upstream: Recommendations for creating ethically sourced health data repositories for AI/ML ", by Dr. Camille Nebeker.

Join us on Thursday, January 29, 2026, at 12:00 PM PT/3:00 PM ET for the lecture: "Beyond LLMs: Neuro-Symbolic Approaches for Language Understanding in the Biomedical Domain" by Dr. Mihai Surdeanu. This lecture is part of the Bridge2AI Training, Recruitment, and Mentoring (TRM) 2025-26 Lecture Series Novel AI Technology Module.

Please join us on Tuesday, February 17th 2026 at 12pm-1pm PST/3pm-4pm EST for the discussion forum: “Pragmatic and Nimble AI Governance in Healthcare", by Dr. Susannah Rose.

Join us on Thursday, February 19, 2026, at 12:00 PM PT/3:00 PM ET for the lecture: "Encrypted Machine Learning" by Dr. Vishnu Boddeti. This lecture is part of the Bridge2AI Training, Recruitment, and Mentoring (TRM) 2025-26 Lecture Series Novel AI Technology Module.

Join us on Thursday, February 27, 2026, at 12:00 PM PT/3:00 PM ET for the lecture: “From Volume to Value: Rethinking Data for AI in Healthcare” by Dr. Teresa Wu. This lecture is part of the Bridge2AI Training, Recruitment, and Mentoring (TRM) 2025-26 Lecture Series Novel AI Technology Module.

Please join us on Tuesday, March 17th 2026 at 12pm-1pm PST/3pm-4pm EST for the discussion forum: “Conjoint analysis of perspectives on ethical tradeoffs in data generation project”, by Dr. Dr. Nicholas G. Evans.

Join us on Thursday, February 19, 2026, at 12:00 PM PT/3:00 PM ET for the lecture: "Encrypted Machine Learning" by Dr. Vishnu Boddeti. This lecture is part of the Bridge2AI Training, Recruitment, and Mentoring (TRM) 2025-26 Lecture Series Novel AI Technology Module.

The NIH Common Fund’s Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (Bridge2AI) program was established to solve the AI-readiness gap in biomedical data, setting the stage for the ethical use of AI in behavioral and medical research. As the program enters its fourth year, the focus has shifted from foundational architecture to tangible results. The 2026 All-Hands Meeting highlights the consortium’s landmark data releases and tools while charting its evolution from a structured consortium into a broader, collaborative community. This transition is captured in this year’s theme: From Data to Wisdom.