We are about to have more data about human biology than ever before. That is changing how medicines are invented, how they are prescribed, and how patients and physicians interact with unprecedented speed. Medicine has gone from faxes to electronic health records to large language models, from mouse models to organs on a chip to gene editing. But the biggest — and toughest — change will come when artificial intelligence and other technologies transform the budget-straining process of turning big ideas into actual drugs, upending the economics of one of the world’s most challenging businesses. STAT will ask the perennial, trenchant questions among those in the field: Are we there yet? And how much longer? This extends to an array of transformative new technologies from biotech, health tech, and the world of machine learning. Join us as DNA goes digital.

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Panel: Explorers of AI’s Frontier

Tuesday, May 19, 2026
2:40 – 3:10 p.m. PDT

AI is getting more powerful every day. But how do you harness the technology in health care to help patients and prevent harm? Hear from an innovator, a top AI researcher, and a leading patient advocate working on the front lines of AI’s rapid march into medicine — and an award-winning journalist who has plumbed the depths of the controversies around AI and health.

Permanente speaker

• Vincent Liu, MD, Chief Data Officer, The Permanente Medical Group

Other speakers

• Lauren J. Kopsick, Founder and Executive Director, The Healthcare Navigation Project
• Mark Sendak, MD, Co-Founder and CEO, Vega Health
• Casey Ross, Chief Investigative Reporter, Data & Technology, STAT (Moderator)