Annual Meeting 2025
This page contains the video players for the NAM Annual Meeting Sunday and Monday programs. If you are having trouble connecting, please contact Donna Duncan.
Monday: Frontiers of AI & Health: Care, Discovery, and Education
Monday
Scientific Program
This year’s theme is Frontiers of AI & Health: Care, Discovery, and Education. Panels and speakers are listed here.
11:00 am–11:05 am Opening remarks from the Program Chair
Eva L. Feldman, MD, PhD, Russell N. DeJong Professor of Neurology James W. Albers Distinguished University Professor, University of Michigan
11:05 am–11:35 am Keynote Address: From Cell Atlases to Medicines, with AI
Aviv Regev, PhD, Head, Executive Vice President, Genentech
11:35 am–12:35 pm The AI-Powered Evolution of Health Care and Training
Moderator: Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, Emerita Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Panelists:
Chris Longhurst, MD, MS, Chief Clinical and Innovation Officer, University of California, San Diego Health
Philip R. O. Payne, PhD, Vice Chancellor for BioInformatics and Data Science and Chief Health AI Officer, WashU Medicine and BJC Healthcare
Sarah C. Rossetti, RN, PhD, FAAN, FACMI, FAMIA, FIAHSI, Associate Professor, Columbia University
2:00 pm–3:15 pm Reinventing Research: AI and the Future of Health Innovation
Moderator: Suchi Saria, PhD, Founder & CEO, Bayesian Health
Panelists:
Lovisa Afzelius, PhD, MBA, General Partner of Flagship Pioneering; Founding CEO and Co-founder of Metaphore Biotechnologies
Paul Harris, PhD, FACMI, FIAHSI, Vice President for Research Informatics and Director of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Office of Research Informatics, Vanderbilt University
Peter Lee, President, Microsoft Research
Fiona Marshall, PhD, President of Biomedical Research, Novartis
3:40 pm–4:55 pm Building Trust: AI Governance and Ethics in Medicine and Health
Moderator: Kevin B. Johnson, MD, MS, FAAP, FACMI, David L. Cohen, University Professor of Pediatrics, Informatics, Engineering and Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Panelists:
Robert Califf, MD, MACC, former United States Commissioner of Food and Drugs, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
John D. Halamka, MD, MS, Dwight and Dian Diercks President, Mayo Clinic Platform, and Michael D. Brennan, M.D., President’s Strategic Initiative Professor
Eric Horvitz, MD, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Microsoft
Vardit Ravitsky, PhD, President and CEO, Hastings Center for Bioethics
5:00 pm–6:15 pm President’s Forum: Health Leadership in Turbulent Times: Shaping Science, Medicine, Policy, and Trust in a New Era
Moderator: Victor J. Dzau, MD, President, National Academy of Medicine
Panelists:
The Honorable Alex Azar, II, JD, Former Secretary of Health and Human Services
Giselle Corbie, MD, MSc, Senior Vice Provost and Kenan Distinguished Professor of Social Medicine and Medicine, UNC School of Medicine
Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, Former Chief Health Officer, Google
Mark McClellan, MD, PhD, Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Duke University
John Nkengasong, PhD, Executive Director, Higher Education, Collaboratives, and Strategic Initiatives, Mastercard Foundation
Elias Zerhouni, MD, President and Vice Chair, OPKO Health, Inc.
Sunday: Awards Presentation -- Slightly Delayed
Sunday: Interest Groups
Sunday
Interest Groups
Selected NAM Member Interest Group Sessions are open to the public.
IG03 – Neuroscience, Behavior, Brain Function & Disorders
Topic: New Findings in Sleep and Brain Function: Implications for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders
Speakers:
Ted Abel, PhD, Roy J. Carver Chair in Neuroscience; Director of the Iowa Neuroscience Institute; and Chair and DEO of the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Charles A. Czeisler, MD, Baldino Professor of Sleep Medicine; and Director, Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Keith Hengen, PhD, Associate Professor of Biology, Washington University
IG07 – Maternal & Child Health & Human Development
Topic: A Decade of Advances in In Vitro Fertilization
Speakers:
Christos Coutifaris, MD, PhD, Celso Ramon Garcia Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania
Michele Goodwin, SJD, Linda D. & Timothy J. O’Neill Professor of Constitutional Law and Global Health Policy, Georgetown University
Zev Williams, MD, PhD, Wendy D. Havens Associate Professor of Women’s Health, Columbia University
IG10 – Biology of Aging/Geriatrics
Topic: The Future of Geroscience
Speakers:
Victor Dzau, MD, President, National Academy of Medicine
Richard Hodes, MD, Director, National Institute on Aging
Lis Nielsen, PhD, Director, Division of Behavioral and Social Research, National Institute on Aging
Viviana Perez Montes, PhD, Director, Division of Aging Biology, National Institute on Aging
IG16 – Rehabilitation and Human Function
Topic: Exploring the Potential for AI to Enhance Rehabilitation Research and Care Paradigms
Speakers:
Sachin Agarwal, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Neurology, Columbia University
Claire Morrow, PT, DPT, FAAOMPT, OCS, Head of Clinical Consulting, Hinge Health
Carol Passarelli, PT, DPT, MS, AI Clinical Product Consultant, Hinge Health; Physical Therapist, CU Sports Medicine and Performance Center; and Researcher, Stanford University School of Business
IG13 – Cancer, Stem Cell Biology & Transplantation
Topic: Cell and Gene Therapy
Speaker:
Daniel E. Bauer, MD, PhD, Principal Investigator and Staff Physician, Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
IG18 – Health and Technology
Topic: Bioelectronics in Preventive and Regenerative Medicine
Speaker:
John Rogers, PhD, Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University
