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Seminar on Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Infectious Diseases and Infection Control

Topic

Seminar on Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Infectious Diseases and Infection Control

Course Type

Hybrid mode (Physical & Webinar)

Content

The seminar aims at addressing potential application on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the field of infectious diseases and infection control, and would focus on the following aspects:

Overview of artificial intelligence applications in healthcare
AI in infection surveillance
AI in optimizing antibiotic use and discovery of novel antibiotics
AI in predicting emerging infections and advancing laboratory diagnostic

Poster

Date

13 November 2024

Venue

Lecture Theatre, G/F, Centre for Health Protection, 147C Argyle Street, Kowloon

Organizer

Co-organised by Infectious Disease Control Training Centre, Hospital Authority / Infection Control Branch, Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health and Chief Infection Control Officer Office, Hospital Authority

Target Group

Healthcare professionals in Hospital Authority, Department of Health and private settings

Speakers

Session 1 Overview of Artificial Intelligence applications in healthcare
Time	Topic	Speaker
09:00 – 09:05	Welcome address	Dr Hong CHEN Consultant-in-charge, Infectious Disease Control Training Centre, Hospital Authority/ Head, Infection Control Branch, Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health
09:05 – 09:50	Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence for Infectious Disease Surveillance	Dr Calvin HO, JSD FRSPH Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University, Melbourne
09:50 – 10:35	Smart solution for Infectious Diseases Management	Dr Anna TONG Chief Manager (eHealth), Hospital Authority
10:35 – 10:50	Q&A
10:50 – 11:00	Break
Session 2 Artificial intelligence in infection surveillance
Time	Topic	Speaker
11:00– 11:45	Forecast epidemics more effectively with Artificial Intelligence	Dr Zhanwei DU Research Assistant Professor (Programme 3)/ Research Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
11:45– 12:30	Can we use automated analyses of electronic health record data to improve surveillance for healthcare-associated infections?	Prof Michael KLOMPAS, MD Professor of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School/ Hospital Epidemiologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA
12:30 – 12:45	Q&A
12:45 – 14:00	Lunch Break
Session 3 Artificial intelligence in optimizing antibiotic use and discovering novel antibiotics
Time	Topic	Speaker
14:00 – 14:45	Application of Artificial Intelligence and IT in Antibiotics Stewardship	Dr May LEE Consultant, Department of Microbiology, Princess Margaret Hospital
14:45 –15:30	A deep learning approach to antibiotic discovery	Dr James J. COLLINS, PhD Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering & Science at The Collins Lab and Professor of Biological Engineering at MIT, USA/ Core Founding Faculty member of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, USA
15:30 – 15:45	Q&A
15:45 – 16:00	Break
Session 4 Artificial intelligence in predicting emerging infections and advancing laboratory diagnostics
Time	Topic	Speaker
16:00 – 16:45	Artificial Intelligence-metagenomic platform to identify emerging pathogens	Professor Yi GUAN Daniel CK Yu Professor in Virology/ Chair Professor of Emerging Viral Diseases/ Cluster Leader (Influenza and Infections of Public Health Significance) at Division of Public Health Laboratory Sciences, School of Public Health, LKS Faulty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
16:45 – 17:30	Machine, machine on the wall, who's the most resistant of them all?	Dr Alfred LEE Associate Consultant, Department of Microbiology, Prince of Wales Hospital
17:30 – 17:45	Q&A

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Published at 2024-10-08

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