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Event Topic:
BIONews + AI, Regulation, Information Ecosystem & Future of Medical Research
Event Description:
Bob Wachter, MD UCSF interviews Rob Califf, who was a UCSF medical resident, has had one of the most storied careers in healthcare. Among his many accomplishments, he founded the Duke Clinical Research Institute, had a major role in healthcare strategy at Google/Verily and, most famously, served as FDA commissioner under Presidents Obama and Biden. In this fireside chat with UCSF Department of Medicine chair Bob Wachter, he’ll discuss the challenges of regulation in the AI era, the current administration’s healthcare policies, the future of clinical research, the struggle to transmit reliable health information to the public, the financialization of healthcare, and the role of academic medical centers.
Date/Time:
Date(s) - 03/31/26
8:15 am - 10:15 am
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Zoom talk: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83593256859:
Speaker Information
Event Speaker:
Harry Wachob, PhD
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Event Speaker Bio:
Robert Califf who served as both the 22nd and the 25th FDA Commissioner. During his tenures, he modernized the drug approval process, took steps to regulate vaping and tamp down misinformation, promoted the use of real-world evidence, and began developing a regulatory framework for generative AI. Earlier in his career, Califf headed healthcare strategy efforts at Verily and Google Health, and served as vice chancellor for clinical and translational research at Duke. He also founded the Duke Clinical Research Institute, the top institute of its kind in the U.S. An internationally recognized expert in cardiovascular medicine, health outcomes research, health care quality, and clinical research, Califf led many landmark clinical trials and is one of the most frequently cited authors in biomedical science, with more than 1,300 publications in the peer-reviewed literature. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.
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