Public Health


  • AI Agents for Biomedical Discoveries

    Talk Summary: AI agents are transforming how we do science. In this talk, Dr. James Zou will showcase how intelligent, tool-using language models are accelerating discovery and improving peer review. He’ll introduce Virtual Lab, where AI scientist agents collaborate to solve research problems—like designing nanobody treatments for COVID-19 variants. He’ll also demo CellVoyager, which uncovers…


  • Yale School of Public Health presents the Digital Health Equity Conference: Local Empowerment, Global Alignment

    Together with the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH), the Yale Institute for Foundations of Data Science (FDS) is proud to co-organize the Digital Health Equity Conference: Local Empowerment, Global Alignment, bringing together experts from academia, government, healthcare, and industry to explore the intersection of data science, AI, and public health. Over two days, keynote…


  • FDS Colloquium: Bhramar Mukherjee (Yale), “Analysis of “Big” Real-World Health Care Data: Promises and Perils”

    Speaker: Bhramar Mukherjee, Ph.D.Senior Associate Dean of Public Health Data Science and Data EquityAnna M.R Lauder Professor of BiostatisticsProfessor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Statistics and Data ScienceYale University Optional Zoom link: https://yale.zoom.us/j/94323793445 Analysis of “Big” Real-World Health Care Data: Promises and Perils Abstract: Using administrative patient-care data such as Electronic Health Records and…


  • FDS Workshop: Healthcare Data Science

    Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has the potential to transform every facet of healthcare, ranging from novel biological discoveries to the processes that enable optimal clinical care. The Healthcare Data Science Workshop 2024 at FDS is designed to bring forth members of the scientific community who are spearheading technical innovations in GenAI with those who are…


  • Yale’s new Institute for Foundations of Data Science will help faculty across dozens of disciplines infuse their research with next-generation insights.

    Institute for Foundations of Data Science debuts with interdisciplinary vision

    Yale’s new Institute for Foundations of Data Science will help faculty across dozens of disciplines infuse their research with next-generation insights. by Jim Shelton, YaleNews The future of data science at Yale will reside on one of the top floors of a re-imagined Kline Tower on Science Hill, starting in 2023 — but the university,…