The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Women’s Health: Policy and Practice
This policy-focused event, organised by the AI for Women's Health Interest Group at the Alan Turing Institute and Teesside University in partnership with King's E-Lab, explores the challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence in women's health. The event aims to foster new connections, surface emerging ideas, and identify future areas of research at the intersection of AI, women's health, and public policy.
Digital health technologies — from reproductive health tracking applications to diagnostic AI tools and large-scale health data platforms — are increasingly shaping healthcare and biomedical research. These developments offer significant opportunities to improve outcomes in areas historically under-researched in medicine, such as endometriosis and other reproductive health conditions, but also raise pressing questions about governance, equity, and patient trust.
Sessions and Speakers:
The morning session is open to all and features talks from Liz Jessop on the renewed Women's Health Strategy, Dr Francesca Gaccioli on uterine fibroids and legislative change, and Clarisa Iordache on endometriosis, patients, and policy, followed by a keynote from Professor Catharine Ross, Scotland's Chief Scientific Officer, on evidence-informed policy. The morning talks will also be streamed online for those unable to attend in person.
The afternoon consists of two parallel sessions. The first is an invitation-only workshop, "Endometriosis, AI and Innovation: Towards a National Policy," which brings together researchers, clinicians, policymakers, regulators, and patient advocates to brainstorm expert opinions on how a national policy can help address key challenges in endometriosis care. The second is an open networking session, "Bridging AI & Clinical Practice: From Research Ideas to Impact," which connects researchers with clinical expertise to explore healthcare challenges in women's health, develop research ideas, and identify opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration and future grant applications.
Through discussion and networking, participants will consider how to build effective clinician–researcher partnerships and translate their ideas into fundable projects. The afternoon workshop on endometriosis will run under the Chatham House Rule, with discussions summarised into anonymised notes to be published online afterwards, and helping inform an opinion piece that the AI for Women's Health group will write after the event.
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WHEN: Monday, November 9th 2026
WHERE: King’s College, Cambridge
REGISTRATION: Details will be available for public registration in October.
Please note that there will be photography and recording at this event.
Please find our code of conduct here.