Current Series | AI + Healthy Longevity
Seminars on the power of AI to unlock new ways of improving healthy longevity across the life course
Join us for the Columbia Aging Center Series "AI + Healthy Aging"
CURRENT SEMINAR SERIES | AI + HEALTHY LONGEVITY
The rise of artificial intelligence is set to transform health research, offering unprecedented opportunities for innovation, accuracy, and efficiency. As AI becomes more deeply integrated into research and healthcare, its applications hold the power to unlock new ways of improving health outcomes across the life course – particularly in later life. From predicting risks to preventing disease and preserving function, the use of AI to promote healthy longevity is only just beginning. Yet alongside these opportunities come important challenges: ensuring data quality, promoting transparency, and addressing ethical concerns. The Columbia Aging Center’s current series, AI + Healthy Longevity, will spotlight these critical issues. Through cutting-edge talks by leading experts – from population health to medical sciences –this series will explore how AI is shaping the future of aging research and advancing the quest for healthier, longer lives.
The Columbia Aging Center is delighted to announce that our virtual series AI + Healthy Longevity will launch with an in-person only distinguished lecture by Nobel-prize winning scientist Venki Ramakrishnan, PhD, entitled “Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality.”
Please see details below to register and join us for this series!
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2025, 4:00-5:30 PM ET
Distinguished Lecture co-sponsored by CAC & The Vagelos Institute for Biomedical Research Education (VIBRE)
Topic: Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality
Venki Ramakrishnan
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (2009)
Former President of the Royal Society
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England
**IN-PERSON EVENT ONLY** – REGISTRATION REQUESTED
ARB, 722 W. 168th Street, 8th Floor Auditorium | Register: https://tinyurl.com/VIBRE-CACEvent
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2025, 12:00-1:00 PM ET
Topic: on AI Innovations to Change Aging
Peter Abadir, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
VIA ZOOM | REGISTER HERE: https://tinyurl.com/Oct30CAC
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2025, 12:00-1:00 PM ET
Topic: on AI for Health - Using Wireless Sensors
Dina Katabi, PhD
Thuan and Nicole Pham Professor
MacArthur Fellow
MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab
MIT
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2025, 12:00-1:00 PM ET
Topic: AI Powered Therapeutics Discovery for Neurodegenerative Conditions
Jianying Hu, PhD
Director, HCLS Research
Global Science Leader, AI for Healthcare
IBM Research
VIA ZOOM | REGISTER HERE: https://tinyurl.com/CACNov20
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2026, 12:00-1:00 PM ET
Topic: SpeechCARE: Advancing Early Detection of Cognitive Impairment through Multimodal Speech Processing
Maryam Zolnoori, PhD
Assistant Professor of Health Sciences (in Nursing)
Columbia School of Nursing
VIA ZOOM | REGISTER HERE: https://tinyurl.com/Jan29CAC
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2026, 12:00-1:00 PM ET
Topic: Towards a multi-organ, multi-omics biological aging clock
Junhao Wen, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology
Columbia University
VIA ZOOM | REGISTER HERE: https://tinyurl.com/CACHaoWen