Save the Date: AI Summit: AI in Public Health
June 2 | 9 am - 4 pm | Fuse Building at Mason Square
An interactive summit exploring how generative AI is reshaping public health education, workforce preparation, and ethical practice through panels, demonstrations, and hands‑on skill‑building workshops. The summit will include a keynote address, moderated panels featuring academic and practice‑based public health leaders, short lightning‑talk demonstrations focused on AI teaching and learning tools, and interactive, skills‑building workshops with breakout sessions.
Program Agenda
8:00 am Check-In
9:00 am – 9:15 am Welcome & Opening Remarks
AI: A Generative Disruptor of Teaching and Learning in Academic Public Health
Melissa J. Perry, Inaugural Dean, College of Public Health, George Mason University
9:15 am – 9:30 am Microsoft Speaker on public health, clinical practice and AI applications
9:30 am - 10:00 am Keeping Public Health at the Center of AI: Reflections on the ASPPH Task Force Report
Eduardo Ruiz, Chief Information Officer, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
Jamie Atchison, Senior Director of Innovation and Strategy, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
10:30 am Break
10:45 am – 11:50 am Panel: Preparing the Public Health Workforce for an AI-Enabled Future: Practitioners' Perspectives
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch and Teaching-Learning Demonstrations
Demonstration #1: AI-Assisted Grading and Feedback in Online Discussion Boards
Sang Daniel Choi, PhD, MPH, MS, CSP, CPE, Professor, Department of Global and Community Health, College of Public Health, George Mason University
Demonstration #2: Yours, Mine, Ours, and Theirs: Information Boundaries in the Age of AI
Crystal Boyce, Health & Biosciences Librarian, George Mason University
Demonstration #3: Transforming Experiential Learning from AI Dependence to Augmented Thinking
Sanja Avramovic, Professor, Department of Health Administration & Policy, College of Public Health, George Mason University
1:00 pm Student Panel: Teach Us What We Need to Know: Student Voices on AI Skills for Public Health Practice
Megan Warner, Moderator. PhD Candidate, Department of Global and Community Health, College of Public Health, George Mason University.
Roohna Mohsin, PhD, MPH
Department of Global and Community Health, College of Public Health, George Mason University
Duua Qureshi
Department of Global and Community Health, College of Public Health, George Mason University
Anika Tahsin Siddiqui
Department of Biology, College of Science, George Mason University
Elizabeth Konneker
Department of Global and Community Health, College of Public Health, George Mason University
1:45 pm - 2:00 pm Break
2:00 pm - 2:40 pm The New Frontier of Immersive Learning in Interprofessional Education
Bethany Cieslowski, DNP, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, College of Public Health, George Mason University
Corbin Rickeby, Immersive Technology Specialist, College of Public Health, George Mason University
2:45 pm - 3:30 pm Rethinking Assessment in the Era of Generative AI
Laina Lockett, PhD, Educational Developer, STEM Education Specialist, Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning, George Mason University.
3:30 (3:45) pm Closing Remarks
Melissa J. Perry, Inaugural Dean, College of Public Health, George Mason University