Redefining Ethical Research Practice in the Age of AI

Explores the transformative impact of AI on biomedical research, addressing its unique characteristics, potential to exacerbate health disparities, and the urgent need to redesign research processes and incentives to ensure ethical and equitable knowledge discovery.

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About this Webinar

We are increasingly close to being able to outsource biomedical research to artificial intelligence (AI) from end-to-end (a full-stack AI scientist). The temptation to create AI-generated research with less and less human input is heightened by the pressure to publish. More than ever, the philosophical underpinnings of knowledge discovery have to be reflected and translated into practice. This webinar describes how AI differs from previous health innovations with respect to its design, scope of applications, and the speed with which it is advancing. It maps disparities in health outcomes across demographics reinforced by health research infrastructure (from funding to regulation), explores ways to leverage open science and the pursuit of cognitive diversity in the redesign of processes which oversee the conduct of health research, and re-evaluates incentive structures and dangers related to the academic publish or perish culture.

Release Date: October 30, 2025

Language Availability: English

Suggested Audiences: IRB Staff, Research Personnel, Researchers, Students

Organizational Subscription Price: Included as part of an annual subscription to our All Access Webinar Package
Independent Learner Price: $49 per person


Webinar Content

Redefining Ethical Research Practice in the Age of AI

Presented by: Catherine Bielick, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Leo Anthony Celi, MD, MS, MPH – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe how artificial intelligence (AI) differs from previous health innovations with respect to its
    design, scope of applications, and the speed with which it is advancing.
  • Map disparities in health outcomes across demographics reinforced by health research infrastructure, from funding to regulation.
  • Explore ways to leverage open science and the pursuit of cognitive diversity in the redesign of processes which oversee the conduct of health research.
  • Re-evaluate incentive structures and dangers related to the academic publish or perish culture.

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