Thank you to all who joined us for the Biomedical Research and Healthcare Informatics Conference on October 17-18, 2022. We were glad to be able to host both in person and virtual attendees for this event. Day 1 of the event featured several speakers with an informatics and artificial intelligence focus, including a “fireside chat” with Dr. Robert Califf, Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Food and Drug Administration. 

Other distinguished presentations included:

• Shelley Rusincovitch, MMCi: The Challenges of Artificiaial Intelligence Ethics and Safety
• Jin Tian, PhD: AI and Causality
• Kensaku Kawamoto, MD, PhD, MHS, FACMI, FAMIA: Extending the EHR to Enable AI-Augmented Decision Support: The University of Utah ReImagine EHR Experience
• Lesley Curtis, PhD: Post-implementation Surveillance of AI-based Clinical Decision Support Algorithms
• Julia Skapik, MD, MPH: Taming Clinical Registries

Day 2 began with enthusiastic discussion on topics related to informatics, with key action items and takeaways from various breakout groups. The meeting was concluded with a series of presentations from UNMC College of Medicine faculty and a Day 2 keynote from Bradley Malin, PhD from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. 

We are pleased to have hosted another successful meeting, with opportunities to network and address key topics in our region.