RSTMH Annual Meeting 2025 - AI in Global Health: Ethics, Equity and Innovation

Thursday 25 September 2025, 8:30AM - 7:00PM & Friday 26 September 2025, 8:30AM - 5:00PM BST
London, UK

All delegates will have access to abstract presentations, networking sessions, and plenary talks as part of a two-day programme on AI in Global Health.

  • Learn from senior experts across global health, research, and policy on how AI is shaping the future of the field
  • Hear from global experts on AI’s impact across health systems
  • Join Q&As and interactive panel discussions
  • Connect with peers and speakers in dedicated networking sessions
  • Share your views to help shape RSTMH’s future priorities

This is an in-person event taking place at Coin Street, SE1, London UK. Learn more about the venue.

The programme for this meeting has been awarded 11 CPD credits.

Register now for a Two-Day ticket  

Register now for a Day One ticket only (25 September)

Register now for a Day Two ticket only (26 September)

If you would like to request payment by invoice or a group discount, please contact info [at] rstmh [dot] org.

If you are not yet an RSTMH member, you can purchase 1-year membership at a reduced rate when booking your ticket. Membership purchased this way includes one year of electronic access. Learn more about RSTMH membership

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RSTMH Annual Meeting 2025 Programme

 Thursday 25 September 2025
08:30 Registration
09:00 Welcome

Tamar Ghosh, RSTMH CEO

09:15 Session 1: Introducing AI in Global Health

Chair: Tamar Ghosh, RSTMH CEO 
Keynote talks - Introducing AI in Global Health, concepts, applications, challenges and opportunities  

  • Professor Rifat Atun, Harvard University (Recording): AI in health systems: innovation, opportunities and risks 
  • Professor Sanjay Kinra, LSHTM: AI in Global Health – unpacking key terms and their applications 
10:20 Refreshment break
10:50 Session 2: Ethics and Regulations & Abstract presentations

Chair: Professor Margaret Gyapong, RSTMH co-President 

Talk - UK Biobank: a global resource for research 
Dr Hannah Taylor, UK Biobank 

Panel – The ethical and regulatory considerations of AI in Global Health

  • Rohit Malpani, WHO 
  • Carleigh Krubiner, Wellcome Trust 
  • Dr Peiling Yap, Health AI 
  • Dr Sian White, Elhra
12:30 Lunch
12:50 Career drop-in sessions
13:50 Session 3: Impact of AI on Universities and Research Groups

Chair: Sarah Rafferty, RSTMH Vice President 

Panel – Impact of AI on Universities and Research Groups 

  • Professor Liam Smeeth CBE, LSHTM 
  • Professor Johnny Gyapong, African Research Universities Alliance  
  • Dr Buddha Basnyat, OUCRU Nepal  
  • Professor Olaoluwa Pheabian Akinwale, Nigerian Institute for Medical Sciences 
15:00 Refreshment break
15:30 Session 4: AI in R&D

Panel – The use of AI in research and development for Global Health   

  • Dr Gita Moghaddam, University of Cambridge 
  • Dr Craig Tipple,DNDi  
  • Danielle Belgrave, GSK 
16:30 RSTMH Medals & Awards Ceremony
17:00 RSTMH Annual General Meeting

(Members and Fellows only)

17:00 President's Reception
19:00 Close
Friday 26 September 2025
08:30 Registration
09:00 Welcome

Tamar Ghosh, RSTMH CEO

09:15 Session 1: RSTMH announcement, Impact of AI on Scientific Publishing & Abstract presentations

Chair: Professor Chris Parry, Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine 

Announcement - RSTMH Special Collection on AI in Global Health

  • Professor Nick Day, Transactions Editor-in Chief 
  • Dr Rohit Malpani,WHO 
  • Thomas Pinfield, RSTMH Managing Editor    
  • Dr Stefanie Meredith, International Health EIC 

Impact of AI on Scientific Publishing  

  • Julia McDonnell, Oxford University Press  

  Abstract presentations  

  • Halimat Olaniyan  
  • Dr Ida Viktoria Kolte  
10:35 Refreshment break
11:05 Session 2: AI for healthcare delivery & Big Data and Epidemiology

Chair: Professor Kathryn Maitland, Professor of Paediatric Tropical Infectious Diseases at the Faculty of Medicine and Director of the ICARE Centre at the Global Centre of Health Innovation, Imperial College, London

Panel – Impact of AI on healthcare delivery in hospitals, in rural communities and humanitarian settings

  • Professor Olufemi O. Adewole, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital 
  • Professor Louise Thwaites, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health  
  • Jen Perkins, MSF  
  • Professor Sanjay Kinra, LSHTM  

Talk – Precision infectious disease epidemiology from Big Data and AI 

  • Luca Ferretti, Oxford Big Data Institute 
12:30 Lunch
13:00 Career drop-in sessions
14:00 Session 3: AI in Prevention and Treatment

Abstract presentations   

  • Michele Nguyen
  • Victor Femi-Lawal

Talks - Case Studies of AI being used in prevention and treatment programmes across the world  

Artificial Intelligence–Enhanced Wearables in Patient Monitoring in acute tetanus 

  • Louise Thwaites, OUCRU  

AI-assisted diabetic retinopathy screening in Tanzania  

  • Dr Charles Cleland, LSHTM 

Malaria Anticipation Project (MAP): Development of a predictive early warning system for anticipatory action in MSF 

Dr Bhargavi Rao, MSF 

15:45 Refreshment break
16:15 Session 4: RSTMH reflections

Panel - reflections on the meeting and RSTMH’s role in AI for Global Health 

Chair: Dr Wendy Harrison

  • Dr Divya Srivastava, City St George’s, University of London 
  • Dr Emily McMullen, Kings College 
  • Professor George Varghese, CMC Vellore  
17:00 Close
Sponsor or Exhibit at the Annual Meeting

We welcome organisations interested in showcasing their work, services, or products to an engaged global health audience. Whether you're looking to build awareness, connect with professionals across academia, industry, and policy, or support cutting-edge conversations in tropical medicine and global health, we have packages available for digital sponsors and exhibitors. 

All confirmed sponsors and exhibitors will be promoted across RSTMH platforms in the run-up to the event and featured in the digital and printed conference programmes. If you have any questions or would like to discuss bespoke opportunities, please contact tamar [dot] ghosh [at] rstmh [dot] org.

Visa Information

Please be aware it is your own responsibility to apply for a visa. RSTMH is delighted to write supporting visa letters for members and Fellows who have registered to attend the Annual Meeting. Letters will only be sent when full payment is received. Please contact sarah [dot] stickland [at] rstmh [dot] org with any questions.

The UK government website is the most up to date location for visa information, so please double check their page before finalising your travel arrangements.