The Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence in Research: Challenges & Emerging Guidance

Researchers across many disciplines are increasingly utilizing artificial intelligence (AI), including large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, to support empirical research and data analysis, academic writing, peer review, and development of new tools. The broad reach of AI in research raises pressing ethical questions about scientific integrity, authorship, data privacy, bias, and equity.

This conference brings together leading experts from a range of disciplines, from biomedical sciences to the humanities, to confront the challenge of ethical use of AI in research. National leaders will discuss how AI is being used in research, the challenges to research ethics and integrity, current guidance on using AI in research and publication, and much more.

Our speakers include Mary L. Gray, PhD, Senior Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research; Jeannette M. Wing, PhD, Executive Vice President for Research, Columbia University; Leo Anthony Celi, MD, MSc, MPH, Senior Research Scientist, MIT, and Editor-in-Chief of PLoS Digital Health; Judy Wawira Gichoya, MD, MS, Co-Director, Healthcare AI Innovation and Translational Informatics (HITI) Lab, Emory University School of Medicine; Isaac Kohane, MD, PhD, Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, and Editor-in-Chief of NEJM AI; David B. Resnik, JD, PhD, Senior Advisor for Research Integrity, Office of Intramural Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH); Alex John London, PhD, Director, Center for Ethics and Policy, Carnegie Mellon University; Vardit Ravitsky, PhD, President & CEO, The Hastings Center; Bradley Malin, PhD, Accenture Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics & Computer Science, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; and Effy Vayena, PhD, Professor of Bioethics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ).

This activity has been approved for a maximum of 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. An application will be submitted to the Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education. Credit availability is pending review.

Attendees will be able to submit questions to our multidisciplinary experts.

This conference is part of Research Ethics Week (March 3 - March 7, 2025), during which the University of Minnesota focuses on professional development and best practices to support high standards of ethics and integrity in research.