Recent talks by Professor Dame Anna Dominickaz
Published: 20 February 2025
An updated on recent talks by Professor Dame Anna Dominiczak.
Centre for Data Science and AI Townhall: Healthcare and Life Sciences
On Tuesday 14th of January Professor Dame Anna Dominiczak spoke at the "Centre for Data Science and AI Townhall: Healthcare and Life Sciences". The Centre for Data Science and AI launched in September 2023 and this event aimed to provide an update on progress since then. The event featured a spotlight on AI research in Healthcare and Life Sciences at the University, with experts from the NHS Safe Haven and research exemplars from MVLS. A panel discussion followed to address any questions from the audience.
Professor Iain McInnes (Head of MVLS College) and Professor Sandosh Padmanabhan (Pontecorvo Chair of Pharmacogenetics) also gave talks at the Townhall before joining Professor Dame Anna Dominiczak on a Q&A panel.
The Festival of Genomics & Biodata
The Festival of Genomics & Biodata is the UK's largest life sciences event, celebrating its 11th year with over 360+ Speakers. As the genomic sector has expanded so has its impact. The festival now covers a diverse array of topics beyond genomics, including biodata, diagnostics, cancer research, healthcare, drug discovery and development, infectious diseases, AI, proteomics, milti-omics, single-cell and spatial analysis and so muh more. Professor Dame Anna attended The Festival of Genomics & Biodata to appear on a panel to discuss "Future proofing the UK's life science industry's strengths project highlights Collaborating with industry."
Making progress with newborn screening
Professor Dame Anna on Tuesday 25th of February is speaking on Making Progress with newborn screening. This event is organised by the Centre for Personalised Medicine with support from Cambridge Prisms.
In this event, they hope to explore some of the challenges around balancing the benefits of extending screening for babies with rare conditions. They hope that this will be a forum for constructive and pragmatic discussion, looking at where things currently stand with newborn screening, and considering how we can make the most of current research opportunities to test and improve the screening process.
First published: 20 February 2025
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