AI DAY 2026 – Research in AI for Health at VH Campus

Morning (9-13h)

• 9:00h Connecting the Community
  • AI for Health Research Community of VH Campus 
• 11:00h AI in health: legal keys for research
  • Legal Unit VHIR

Afternoon (14:30-16:30h) 

14:30h VHIR & the Resarch of AI for Health

• Institutional Welcome 
  • Anna Santamaria| Scientific Strategy Director VHIR
• First steps and direction of the CORE and the Community 
  • Raúl Herance & Andrea Guala | Co-coordinators of the AI, Data, Imaging and Digital Health CORE VHIR
• AI as a Disruptive Force in Biomedical Research: A Personal Journey into Missense Variant Prediction 
  • Xavier de la Cruz| ICREA Research Professor and Head of group Clinical and Translational Bioinformatics

15:30h AI for Health in the Campus Vall d’Hebron 

• From hype to impact: How hospitals incorporate AI 
  • Susanna Aussó| Chief Information Officer Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron
• Reimagining oncology through AI 
  • Raquel Pérez| Head of the Radiomics Group at Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) and Miguel Servet Researcher, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR)
• iDIAGNOSTICS: An innovative AI-powered diagnostic system for Malaria and other infectious diseases using a universal low-cost robotized microscope.
  • Joan Joseph| Attending Physician of the Department of Microbiology VH,  International Health Unit, and IP of the Microbiology Group VHIR

16:30 Wrap up 

Coffee & networking

Registre presencial: https://valldhebron.typeform.com/IADAY2026

Online: https://gencat.zoom.us/j/86321728516