Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Public Health: Opportunities and Challenges
November 19th, 2025, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET
Overview
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is advancing, and its tools will become more prevalent in public health settings. Educating public health professionals about the adoption and foundational capacities of AI ensures they are prepared, ethical, and proactive stewards of technology that can either help or harm population health—depending on how it’s used. Emphasizing health equity and cultural humility in the use of AI can help ensure technology serves diverse populations fairly and effectively. AI offers powerful tools for improving public health outcomes—such as predicting disease outbreaks, optimizing resource allocation, enhancing surveillance, and personalizing health interventions. By understanding these opportunities and challenges AI, public health professionals can, leverage AI to make data-driven decisions faster and more effectively, innovate how services are delivered and how populations are reached and drive more equitable and efficient health systems.
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Speaker
Speaker
Dan Barnett, MD, MPH
Professor Department of Environmental Health & Engineering Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Learning Outcome and Objectives
Learning Outcome and Objectives
As a result of participation in this activity, the learner will have increased and enhanced their knowledge and competence on how AI can be used to advance population-based health initiatives.
By the end of the activity, learners will be able to:
- Define AI and its core capabilities
- Describe how AI supports public health agencies in fulfilling the 10 Essential Public Health Services
- Recognizing barriers to AI adoption by public health agencies
- Explain strategies and implementation steps for AI use by public health agencies
Activity Materials
Activity Materials
Continuing Education Credits
Continuing Education Credits
To Obtain Continuing Education Credits
Each participant interested in CE credits must watch the activity, complete an evaluation and post-test, which is available above under "Evaluation, Post-test for CE Credits". A score of 80% and above on the post-test will generate a certificate indicating the requested credits.
Criteria for Successful Completion: Learners must attend 100% of this activity to be awarded full continuing education credits /contact hours.
Disclosure Statements
None of the planners, speakers or moderator have disclosed any financial arrangements or affiliations with any ineligible companies whose products, research or services may be discussed in this activity.
No commercial funding has been accepted for this activity.
Continuing Medical Education Credits
The School of Public Health, University at Albany is accredited by the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The School of Public Health, University at Albany designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Continuing Medical Education Credits are offered until November 18, 2028.
Continuing Nurse Education Contact Hours
The College of Integrated Health Sciences is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Northeast Multistate Division Education Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This offering is approved for 1.0 nursing contact hour.
Nursing Contact Hours are offered until March 31, 2028.
Certified Health Education Specialist Contact Hours
Sponsored by the School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) to receive up to 1.0 total Category I contact education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours available are 0. Continuing Competency credits available are 1.0. Provider ID# 99086.
Continuing Education Contact Hours are offered until November 18, 2028.
Certified in Public Health
This event is sponsored by the School of Public Health, University at Albany, an approved provider of CPH Renewal Credits by the National Board of Public Health Examiners.
This offering is approved for 1.0 Certified in Public Health Renewal Credit.
CPH Renewal Credits are offered until November 18, 2028.
Evaluation, Post Test and Certificate
Evaluation, Post Test and Certificate