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CHAI Hub @chaihubuk.bsky.social · Aug 29

📢 The latest CHAI Hub newsletter is here! Get the latest on causal AI in healthcare, including research, events, and funding opportunities.

In this edition:
✅ Secondment Call
✅ CHAI at UAI
✅ EMBO Practical Course from our Co-Leads

🔗 Read & subscribe: www.chai.ac.uk/newsletter

CHAI Hub @chaihubuk.bsky.social · Aug 21

🎉 Well Done Matthew Sperrin! 🎉

We’re proud to announce that our Manchester Spoke Lead for CHAI, Matthew Sperrin, is now a Professor of Biostatistics and Health Data Science!

Please join us in congratulating Matthew on his new title of Professor 🌟

#Milestone #CHAIHub #Innovation #CausalAI

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CHAI Hub @chaihubuk.bsky.social · Aug 19

📢Secondment Call - Round 1!📢

We are inviting researchers to apply for funding to collaborate, facilitate knowledge transfer and develop new skills, through a short-term secondment.

👉 Head on over to our CHAI Hub website to learn more: www.chai.ac.uk/secondment-c...

Secondment call — CHAI

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CHAI Hub @chaihubuk.bsky.social · Aug 14

📢 Dr. Jessica Schrouff has joined our Independent Advisory Board!

Jessica is a Director of Responsible AI at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in London.

We look forward to working with Jessica and welcoming her to the CHAI community.

#CHAIHub #AIInnovation #CausalAI #Healthcare #Collaboration

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CHAI Hub @chaihubuk.bsky.social · Aug 12

📢Join Us for a workshop funded by our Events and Workshop Fund on Monday 6th of October!

📍St Lukes Chapel, University of Oxford

🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/causal-ai-...

Funding information: www.chai.ac.uk/eventsfund

#CHAIHub #AIInnovation #CausalAI #Healthcare #EventSuccess #Collaboration

Causal AI for Policy and Practice in Primary Care Workshop

Join us for a hands-on workshop exploring how causal AI can be applied to improve primary care practices!

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CHAI Hub @chaihubuk.bsky.social · Jul 31

📢 The latest CHAI Hub newsletter is here!

This edition covers:

✅ Welcoming our newest staff members!
✅ Exeter RPF Event Highlights
✅ CHAI at the ICML Conference

🔗 Read and subscribe here: mailings.ed.ac.uk/cr/AQjkvgcQn...

#CausalAI #AIResearch #HealthcareInnovation #CHAIHub #Newsletter

CHAI Hub Newsletter July 2025

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CHAI Hub @chaihubuk.bsky.social · Jul 10

Welcome to the team, Theoni Massara, our new CHAI Hub Manager!

Theoni joins our Leadership Team with a mission to lead on the delivery of the CHAI Hub, being responsible for its coordination, overall programme management and strategic evolution.

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CHAI Hub @chaihubuk.bsky.social · Jul 3

‪CHAI Hub‬

📢 The latest CHAI Hub newsletter is out!

Stay up to date with CHAI’s latest news, research, and opportunities in causal AI for healthcare.

🔗 Read it here & subscribe: mailings.ed.ac.uk/cr/AQjkvgcQ3...

#CausalAI #AIResearch #CHAIHub #HealthcareInnovation

CHAI Hub Newsletter June 2025

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CHAI Hub @chaihubuk.bsky.social · Jun 23

📢 Exciting news! We are featured in huge new ME/CFS study, published in EMBO Molecular Medicine:
“Replicated blood-based biomarkers for myalgic encephalomyelitis not explicable by inactivity”.

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👏We're proud of our Co-Investigator's contribution. Huge congrats to all involved!

Replicated blood-based biomarkers for myalgic encephalomyelitis not explicable by inactivity | EMBO Molecular Medicine

imageimageThere are no cellular or molecular biomarkers diagnostic of myalgic encephalomyelitis (also known as chronic fatigue syndrome [ME/CFS]). We find hundreds of blood-based traits are different,...

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CHAI Hub @chaihubuk.bsky.social · Jun 18

Thanks to Professor Krishnan Ramayya and Professor Rema Padman from @Carnegie Mellon University for providing insightful talks yesterday at Usher Engage.

It was great to see such engagement from the CHAI community during the Q&A!

Keep an eye out for the sessions on the CHAI Hub Youtube!

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CHAI Hub @chaihubuk.bsky.social · Jun 11

We are excited to announce that we will be welcoming two visiting speakers from @Carnegie Mellon University!
Profs. Krishnan Ramayya & Rema Padman
Date: Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 11-1pm
Location: Usher Engage, University of Edinburgh
Get your tickets now: bit.ly/3ZZ4YBP

CHAI visiting speakers: Prof. Krishnan Ramayya and Prof. Rema Padman

We are delighted to announce that we have two distinguished visitors from Carnegie Mellon who will be with us on Tuesday 17th June.

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CHAI Hub @chaihubuk.bsky.social · May 29

📢Lecture by Professor Mark van der Laan and you are invited!

This in-person lecture addressing #MachineLearning, #CausalInference and #TargetedLearning takes place in Edinburgh and promises an insightful and thought-provoking discussion.

Get your tickets now!

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Targeted Learning & Causal Inference for Generating Actionable Information

Talks Full Title: Targeted Machine Learning, Highly Adaptive Lasso, and Causal Inference for Generating Actionable Information

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CHAI Hub @chaihubuk.bsky.social · May 27

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CHAI Hub Newsletter May 2025

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CHAI Hub @chaihubuk.bsky.social · May 23

🚀 Watch the second #CHAI seminar on YouTube now!

If you were unable to make it, check out this engaging and thought provoking seminar on #AIregulation, #AIvalidation, #AdaptiveAI, and #CausalAI, and subscribe to the channel to stay up to date with future CHAI seminars!

CHAI Seminar #2 - Regulating AI for Healthcare: Developments, Challenges and Prospects

YouTube video by CHAI Hub

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Damian Machlanski @dmachlanski.bsky.social · Apr 2

CHAI seminar series this month! Join us!

Title: "Regulating AI for Healthcare: Developments, Challenges and Prospects"

Speaker: Dr James Lowe (CHAI)

Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 13:00 - 14:00 BST

Link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/regulating...

#CausalSky #MedTech #HealthAI @chaihubuk.bsky.social

Regulating AI for Healthcare: Developments, Challenges and Prospects

Join us for a deep dive into the Regulating AI for Healthcare: Developments, Challenges and Prospects.

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CHAI Hub @chaihubuk.bsky.social · Mar 13

🚀We're Hiring!

We are looking for a Business Development Executive to join the CHAI Hub!

You will help drive AI & healthcare innovation through:
✅Hub Innovation
✅Industry Engagement
✅Outreach & Promotion
✅Commercialisation

📢 Apply now! 👉 lnkd.in/ee_5MHP9

#AI #Healthcare #JobAlert #Hiring #BizDev

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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CHAI Hub @chaihubuk.bsky.social · Feb 20

🚀 Funding Announcement - New to Causality Research Call

Are you passionate about the potential of Causal AI in healthcare? Interested in developing methods to identify causal relationships in complex data?

Applications for funding are open NOW - bit.ly/3XcStS2

#CHAIHub #Funding #AIinHealthcare

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CHAI Hub @chaihubuk.bsky.social · Feb 10

🌟 Final Reminder: PhD Opportunity with @official-uom.bsky.social, @mattsperrin.bsky.social and CHAI Hub!

Project: Investigating disease causal pathways and opportunities for targeted prevention

Deadline: February 14, 2025
Apply now: tinyurl.com/yc5a3ajd

#PhDOpportunity #AIinHealthcare

Investigating disease causal pathways and opportunities for targeted prevention at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Investigating disease causal pathways and opportunities for targeted prevention at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

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CHAI Hub @chaihubuk.bsky.social · Feb 5

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Engagement Officer

The School of Engineering seeks to appoint a Hub Engagement Officer for the CHAI UKRI AI Hub. This position will report to the Hub Manager within the School of Engineering.

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CHAI Hub @chaihubuk.bsky.social · Feb 5

📢 We’re hiring! Join CHAI Hub as an Engagement Officer.
We’re looking for someone to help bring our AI research community together, leading events, outreach, & comms. If you have strong engagement & organisational skills, apply now!
📍 Edinburgh (Hybrid)
📅 Deadline: 21/02/2025
#AI #Engagement #Hiring

Engagement Officer

The School of Engineering seeks to appoint a Hub Engagement Officer for the CHAI UKRI AI Hub. This position will report to the Hub Manager within the School of Engineering.

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CHAI Hub @chaihubuk.bsky.social · Feb 4

We stand with researchers, healthcare professionals & communities in the fight against cancer. #CausalAI can help uncover disease pathways, improve early detection & advance prevention. Collaboration is key-let’s work together to drive innovation in #CancerResearch & treatment.
#WorldCancerDay

World cancer day poster; global efforts today lead to a healthier tomorrow.

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CHAI Hub @chaihubuk.bsky.social · Jan 31

📢 The latest CHAI Hub newsletter is out!

Stay up to date with CHAI’s latest news, research, and opportunities in causal AI for healthcare.

🔗 Read it here & subscribe: www.chai.ac.uk/newsletter

#CausalAI #AIResearch #CHAIHub #HealthcareInnovation

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CHAI Hub @chaihubuk.bsky.social · Jan 28

👉 Apply: eng.ed.ac.uk/studying/deg...

Causal AI in understanding medical images

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CHAI Hub @chaihubuk.bsky.social · Jan 28

🚨 PhD Opportunity in AI for Healthcare-Deadline Approaching!
Join CHAI Hub, Canon Medical & Edinburgh Uni to develop causal AI for medical imaging.
🔍 Revolutionising imaging (CT, MRI, X-ray) with robust AI
📍 Edinburgh+Canon Medical R&D visits
⏳ Deadline: 31 Jan 2025
#PhDOpportunity #AIForHealthcare

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CHAI Hub @chaihubuk.bsky.social · Jan 15

🌟 Excited to see our Director, @stsaftaris.bsky.social, featured in @edinnovations.bsky.social "Inspirational Innovators" series!
A fascinating glimpse into the experiences and inspirations shaping his journey in AI and innovation.
💡 Read more: eil.ac/iisotiriosts...
#AILeadership #Innovation #EI

Sotirios Tsaftaris

Professor Sotirios (Sotos) Tsaftaris, is Chair in Machine Learning and Computer Vision. He also holds the Canon Medical/Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Healthcare AI and is an ELLIS Fel...

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