We are on the cusp of what promises to be a tech-driven revolution in medicine, with AI and gene editing heralding previously unimaginable advancements in care and novel therapies. AI algorithms are already sifting through vast health records to identify high-risk patients for early intervention. The first CRISPR-generated medicine arrived in 2023 for sickle cell disease, which disproportionately impacts Black communities.

But will such breakthroughs be the exception or the norm? How do we ensure that these developments don’t instead replicate old biases and create new health disparities, leaving vulnerable patients overlooked or denied care? Can these new technologies be developed in ways that improve care and narrow gaps, rather than deepen them? Biased training data, underrepresentation in clinical trials, and the digital divide in health technology all pose formidable challenges.

Join us for a forward-looking and thought-provoking conversation about how we keep equity front and center in an era of rapid technological advances. Reporters will gain story ideas, insights and crucial context for covering the coming changes that will remake health care.

This program is open to all eligible individuals. USC Annenberg operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.

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