Join the Cyber Policy Center on January 28 from 1PM–2PM Pacific for AI for Health Equity: A Literacy Lens with Lee Sanders, moderated by Jeff Hancock. Stanford affiliates are invited to join us at 12:40 PM for lunch, prior to the seminar.

New technologies, particularly in health AI, offer promises and perils for transforming primary care and behavioral health. One peril is the unintended exacerbation of underlying health inequities. Based on 30 years of clinical research – complemented by teaching human-centered design and consulting for Silicon Valley startups – Dr. Sanders will share examples of opportunities to leverage new technologies in ways that advance health equity, including implications for public policy.

About the Speaker

Lee M. Sanders, MD, MPH is Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy, and Division Chief for General Pediatrics at Stanford University. He holds joint appointments in the Department of Health Policy, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. He teaches in the Human Biology Program and at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (Stanford d.School). With funding from the NIH, CDC, FDA and other national agencies -- Dr. Sanders directs the Stanford MUSE Lab, which aims to leverage AI, human-centered design, and rigorous analytics to address maternal and child disparities. He leads multi-disciplinary studies that aim to prevent obesity during early childhood, to improve the health of children in immigrant families, to understand the long-term educational consequences of preterm birth, and to advance novel AI tools that improve care for children with complex chronic conditions. 

As a multi-lingual primary-care physician – Dr. Sanders directs Stanford Children’s Complex Primary Care Clinic, where he cares for children with serious chronic illness, and he also provides care at a federally qualified health center that is the main teaching site for Stanford residents and medical students.