Mark Your Calendar!
Join us for the 21st Annual CCTS Spring Conference! This year's theme, "AI: Bridging Clinical Care, Innovation, Research, and Technology", brings together leaders, experts, innovators and pioneers to explore ways in which AI impacts health. Come to learn, connect, and showcase your own research.
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Location: Central Bank Center
The conference also hosts Research Days for the Colleges of Dentistry, Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, Education, Institute for Biomedical Informatics, and the Department of Internal Medicine.
Stay tuned for details on abstract submission, registration, and agenda.
Keynote Speakers
Jesus Caban, PhD
Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Defense Health Agency

Kevin W. Sexton, MD
Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Informatics
Helen and Nicholas Abumrad Directorship
Vice Chair for Innovation, VUMC Section of Surgical Sciences
Vanderbilt University

Conference Co-Chairs

Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Assistant Dean for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, College of Medicine
Division Chief, Pathology Informatics
Director, IBI Center for Applied AI

Professor of Medicine
Chief Medical Information Officer, UK Healthcare
General questions about the event?
Contact April Bridenbecker at april.bridenbecker@uky.edu.
Media inquiries?
Contact Mallory Profeta at 615.828.0000 or mallory.profeta@uky.edu.