AI & Health Winter School

11th – 15th March 2024
Location: VU Amsterdam

The Winter School has finished. Thanks to all speakers and participants for a wonderful and educational week!

From infectious diseases to cancer and heart disease to mental health, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has enormous potential in both research and clinical practice. AI-based tools can improve our personal health and wellbeing, streamline clinical processes, or aid in drug discovery and clinical decision making.

It is a fascinating but complex intersection of disciplines requiring collaboration between researchers with technical, medical and social science expertise. This Winter School aims to bring together early career researchers from these diverse disciplines, providing not only a crash course in the fundamentals of AI for Health and Health Care, but also the opportunity for interdisciplinary group work, networking and socialising.

Learning objectives

After completing this course, you will:

Understand the potential uses of AI in improving health and medical care
Understand the technical basics of commonly used AI methods in health and medical research
Understand end-user perspectives and the need for human-aware solutions that go beyond the purely technical questions
Understand the challenges around trustworthy and explainable AI, and implementation and acceptance in clinical practice
Have met and collaborated with like-minded researchers

The programme consists of lectures, group work and social time. Everyone is expected to contribute to the group work. On the final day, groups will briefly present/pitch their work.

In collaboration with:

SIKS Research School

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Stress in Action Research Programme

Practical details

Dates: Monday 11th until Friday 15th March 2024
Location: VU Campus, Amsterdam. Nearest train station: Amsterdam Zuid. Most lectures will take place in the O|2 building
Cost: €300
Credit: This course is worth 2 ECTS
Target group: PhD students in AI, data science, any medical discipline, (clinical) psychology or related areas. Post-docs and very advanced MSc students are welcome too.

There is a fixed rate of €300* which covers the organisational costs and includes lunches, coffee/tea and one group dinner. Accommodation and other meals are not included.

You will need to arrange your own reimbursement through your institution, if available.

*For members of the SIKS Research School: SIKS has kindly offered to cover the fee for its members (the number of available places is limited, so make sure to sign up soon!)