Catalyst Huddle | Opportunity to Collaborate on NIH Highlighted Topic on Bioethics and Research
August 12, 2026
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location
734 AHSB
Address
1919 W. Taylor St., Chicago, IL 60612
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All faculty are invited to join a brainstorming session on the NIH Highlighted Topic: Strengthening Biomedical Research, Promoting Trust, and Improving Health through Bioethics Research. The overall goal of the Catalyst Huddle is to identify common areas of interest amongst the participants—e.g., access to AI models and algorithms, integrating digital health, co-developing research priorities with communities, return of research results—to lay the groundwork for developing interdisciplinary proposals in response to the Highlighted Topic. Our in-house bioethics expert Eric Swirsky, Biomedical and Health Information Sciences, will co-facilitate the session!
This highlighted topic aims to advance bioethics research projects that are actionable, build trust, and enable better integration of bioethical principles into biomedical and behavioral research. Specific research areas of interest include:
Artificial Intelligence
- Access and use of AI models and algorithms
- Maximizing AI generalizability
- Strategies for AI transparency and data privacy
- Integrating digital health research
Research Engagement
- Approaches for effective community engagement
- Co-developing research priorities with communities
- Building and sustaining research trustworthiness
- Recruitment in research and access to clinical trials
Informed Consent
- Strategies and structures for facilitating transparency and autonomy
- Community approaches for consenting to population-level public health research
- Novel forms of consent, including for research use of electronic health records, wearables, linked data, and public health data
Return of Research Results
Approaches for returning aggregate and individual research results
- Strategies for effectively communicating research findings for health decision-making
- Considerations for populations with unique needs or decision-making
Other Cross-cutting Issues
- Data access and sharing
- Biosafety and biosecurity
- Emerging and novel technologies
This event is in-person only. Lunch will be served.
RSVP by 8/3 here or email Karen Cielo, Director of Research Development.
Date posted
Jul 7, 2026
Date updated
Jul 7, 2026