Faculty member, Dr. Meaghan Thumath, is inviting everyone to attend the Transforming Health Symposium.<\/p>\n
About the Symposium<\/strong> The Symposium focuses on accelerating the translational pathway \u2013 from discovery to deployment \u2013 by integrating B.C.\u2019s life sciences strengths into a cohesive system. Through keynote presentations, panels and showcases, participants engage in dialogue on how to move therapeutics, AI innovations, diagnostics and technologies through development and regulatory pipelines more efficiently, equitably and sustainably.<\/p>\n Date:\u00a0<\/strong>April 8-9, 2026 <\/p>\n Dr. Meaghan Thumath will be speaking on “Fighting Misinformation at Scale: AI and Health Equity” from 9:40 – 10:20 am on April 9th.<\/p>\n More details: https:\/\/www.med.ubc.ca\/transforming-health-symposium\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Faculty member, Dr. Meaghan Thumath, is inviting everyone to attend the Transforming Health Symposium. About the Symposium The\u00a0Transforming Health Symposium\u00a0is a flagship event hosted by the UBC Faculty of Medicine. The Symposium convenes global thought leaders, clinicians, researchers, trainees and… Read moreTransforming Health Symposium – April 8-9, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88601,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[216],"tags":[880249,576],"class_list":["post-7345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","tag-all-students","tag-eventsconferences","content-layout-excerpt-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bsnhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bsnhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bsnhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bsnhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88601"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bsnhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7345"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bsnhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7348,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bsnhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7345\/revisions\/7348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bsnhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bsnhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bsnhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe\u00a0Transforming Health Symposium\u00a0<\/em>is a flagship event hosted by the UBC Faculty of Medicine. The Symposium convenes global thought leaders, clinicians, researchers, trainees and industry experts to explore how biomedical innovations can be translated into tangible health solutions. New this year, the\u00a0UBC AI and Health Network<\/a>\u00a0will host a dedicated half-day focused on translating AI innovation into real-world health impact. The forum will highlight early progress and explore how AI-enabled tools can address complex health challenges, laying the groundwork for scalable and meaningful integration within the healthcare system.<\/p>\nEvent details<\/h3>\n
\nLocation:\u00a0<\/strong>Fairmont Pacific Rim, Vancouver, B.C., 1038 Canada Pl, Vancouver, BC V6C 0B9
\nTime:\u00a0<\/strong>
\nApril 8: 8:00 am-5:45 pm PT (followed by networking)
\nApril 9: 8:00 am-1:30 pm PT<\/p>\n