Close Modal An Evening with Arianna Huffington Lee & Nile Albright Annual SymposiumWith special guest Regina Barzilay, PhD, MIT Don’t miss Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive Global, as she comes to the Museum of Science for one night only, in conversation with Dr. Regina Barzilay, Faculty Lead at MIT’s Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health, moderated by Dr. Insoo Hyun, Director of the Center for Life Sciences at the Museum of Science. Together they will share about their respective groundbreaking work, highlighting how AI is being utilized across fields, sectors and industries with the shared goal of improving health outcomes for all.The U.S. is the highest spending country worldwide when it comes to health care – at 17.3% of the nation’s GDP – yet ranks last overall in health outcomes among high-income countries. Experts have identified several key approaches to addressing this problem, among them the need to address lifestyle factors, promote healthy behaviors among communities, and improve preventative care. Given its enormous potential for social change and healthcare innovation, does artificial intelligence (AI) have a role to play in advancing these key health strategies? How can AI help nudge Americans to adopt more healthy behaviors? How might AI help patients avoid cancer through early detection?Join Huffington and Dr. Barzilay to explore exciting new ways in which AI can be used to empower individuals to promote their own health and well-being—Hear about Arianna Huffington’s efforts to create a personalized AI “health coach” that will improve health by changing the way people work, live, eat, and connect with one other.Learn how Regina Barzilay’s personal experience with breast cancer inspired her to create an algorithm that can predict women’s risk of breast cancer better than radiologists.Don’t miss this special evening of dialogue, exploring the potential of AI to improve human health and well-being in revolutionary new ways. Get Tickets Date and Time Thursday, April 10 | 7:00 pm Audience Adults 18+ Location Blue Wing View Map Price $20 Language English Get Tickets Date and Time Thursday, April 10 | 7:00 pm Audience Adults 18+ Location Blue Wing View Map Price $20 Language English Don’t miss Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive Global, as she comes to the Museum of Science for one night only, in conversation with Dr. Regina Barzilay, Faculty Lead at MIT’s Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health, moderated by Dr. Insoo Hyun, Director of the Center for Life Sciences at the Museum of Science. Together they will share about their respective groundbreaking work, highlighting how AI is being utilized across fields, sectors and industries with the shared goal of improving health outcomes for all.The U.S. is the highest spending country worldwide when it comes to health care – at 17.3% of the nation’s GDP – yet ranks last overall in health outcomes among high-income countries. Experts have identified several key approaches to addressing this problem, among them the need to address lifestyle factors, promote healthy behaviors among communities, and improve preventative care. Given its enormous potential for social change and healthcare innovation, does artificial intelligence (AI) have a role to play in advancing these key health strategies? How can AI help nudge Americans to adopt more healthy behaviors? How might AI help patients avoid cancer through early detection?Join Huffington and Dr. Barzilay to explore exciting new ways in which AI can be used to empower individuals to promote their own health and well-being—Hear about Arianna Huffington’s efforts to create a personalized AI “health coach” that will improve health by changing the way people work, live, eat, and connect with one other.Learn how Regina Barzilay’s personal experience with breast cancer inspired her to create an algorithm that can predict women’s risk of breast cancer better than radiologists.Don’t miss this special evening of dialogue, exploring the potential of AI to improve human health and well-being in revolutionary new ways. Featuring Arianna Huffington CEO of Thrive Global Arianna Huffington is the founder and CEO of Thrive Global, the founder of The Huffington Post, and the author of 15 books, including international bestsellers Thrive and The Sleep Revolution. In 2016, she launched Thrive Global, a behavior change technology company with the mission of improving health outcomes and productivity.Originally from Greece, she moved to England when she was 17 and graduated from Cambridge University with an M.A. in economics. At 21, she became president of the famed debating society, the Cambridge Union. She has been named to Time Magazine's list of the world’s 100 most influential people and the Forbes Most Powerful Women list. Regina Barzilay AI faculty lead at MIT Jameel Clinic Regina Barzilay is a School of Engineering Distinguished Professor of AI & Health in the Department of Computer Science and the AI faculty lead at MIT Jameel Clinic. She develops machine learning methods for drug discovery and clinical AI. In the past, she worked on natural language processing. Her research has been recognized with the MacArthur Fellowship, an NSF Career Award, and the AAAI Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity. Regina is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Medicine.
