Watch past lectures from AI4PEP’s Lecture Series to gain insights from leaders and experts at the intersection of AI and global health.
2025 Lecture Series
AI4PEP Lecture - August 2025
Topic: AI in Action: Enhancing Decision Making During Epidemic and Pandemic Crises
Date: 5th August 2025, 8:00AM (EDT)
Speaker: Dr. Saad Aslam (AI4PEP Malaysia)
AI4PEP Lecture - July 2025
Topic: Advancing Healthcare with Machine Learning: Applications & Case Study
Date: 8th July 2025, 8:00AM (EDT)
Speaker: Dr. Samuel Ajibade (AI4PEP Malaysia)
2024 Lectures
Beyond Representation Centering Marginalized Voices in AI Design
Topic: Beyond Representation Centering Marginalized Voices in AI Design
Date: 13th August 2024, 8:00AM (EST)
Speaker: Dr. Rose-Mary Gyening (AI4PEP Ghana)
Rethinking AI Governance Decolonization in Sub-Saharan Africa
Topic: Rethinking AI Governance Decolonization in Sub-Saharan Africa
Date: 9th July 2024, 8:00AM (EST)
Speaker: Dr. Gelan Ayana (AI4PEP Ethiopia)
Decolonizing AI: Artificial Intelligence for Beginners (''Dummies'')
Topic: Decolonizing AI: Artificial Intelligence for Beginners (”Dummies”)
Date: 11th June 2024, 8:00AM (EST)
Speaker: Georgette Sow (AI4PEP Senegal)
AI4PEP x CIFAL: AI for Global Health Series
AI for Global Health Challenges and Lessons Learned - Session 8
Topic: Regulating Bias in Health AI Systems
Date: 29th May 2024, 12:00PM (EST)
Speaker: Jake Okechukwu Effoduh, Chief Counsel/Councillor, Africa-Canada Artificial Intelligence and Data Innovation Consortium (ACADIC)
AI for Global Health Challenges and Lessons Learned - Session 7
Topic: Deep-Data Driven Models for COVID-19 Vaccination in Ghana
Date: 15th May 2024, 12:00PM (EST)
Speaker: Dr. Stephen E. Moore, Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
AI for Global Health Challenges and Lessons Learned - Session 6
Topic: AI for Pandemic Preparedness and Response: An African Perspective
Date: 1st May 2024, 12:00PM (EST)
Speaker: Dr. Mpho Raborife, Deputy Director, Institute for Intelligent Systems, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
AI for Global Health Challenges and Lessons Learned - Session 5
Topic: A Technocentric or a Humancentric Society
Date: 17th April 2024, 12:00PM (EST)
Speaker: Dr. Christo El Morr, Associate Professor of Health Informatics, School of Health Policy and Management, York University
AI for Global Health Challenges and Lessons Learned - Session 4
Topic: Lessons Learned from AI Applications in Health
Date: 3rd April 2024, 12:00PM (EST)
Speaker: Dr. Stephen Gabriel, Medical Doctor and Software Engineer at OpenMined
AI for Global Health Challenges and Lessons Learned - Session 3
Topic: A Case for Inclusive Natural Language Processing
Date: 20th March 2024, 12:00PM (EST)
Speaker: Dr. Ignatius Ezeani, Senior Research Associate, School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University
AI for Global Health Challenges and Lessons Learned - Session 2
Topic: AI for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
Date: 6th March 2024, 12:00PM (EST)
Speaker: Dr. Woldegebriel Assefa Woldegerima, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University
AI for Global Health Challenges and Lessons Learned - Session 1
Topic: Responsible AI Healthcare Applications for Developing Countries
Date: 20th February 2024, 12:00PM (EST)
Speaker: Dr. Collins N. Udanor, Associate Professor of Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence), Department of Computer Science, University of Nigeria Nsukka