Expert Insights: AI's Impact on Health Sciences
Thursday, May 28, 2026
About the Event
Artificial intelligence isn't coming to health sciences—it's already here. From clinical decision-making tools to ethical questions about AI-generated behavioral data, the professionals entering today's health sciences fields need more than technical literacy. They need critical frameworks, practical context, and expert guidance.
That's exactly what this panel delivers.
Join Northeastern University in Charlotte for Expert Insights: AI's Impact on Health Sciences, a free one-hour virtual event featuring three faculty members at the forefront of AI's intersection with public health, applied behavior analysis, and speech-language pathology.
You’ll hear from:
Dr. Annika Schoene | Public Health and Responsible AI Assistant Professor (Bouvé College of Health Sciences) and Research Scientist at Northeastern's Institute of Experiential AI
Dr. Schoene's work, featured in TIME and the Los Angeles Times, focuses on developing responsible AI methods and safety frameworks for large language models—especially in sensitive health contexts like mental health. She'll share how AI is being deployed in public health and why ethical guardrails matter.
Dr. Nicole Davis, PhD, BCBA | Applied Behavior Analysis Associate Clinical Professor and Program Director of Northeastern's nationally recognized ABA programs
Dr. Davis brings a practitioner's lens to AI's growing presence in behavioral health. She'll explore how AI is influencing practice, ethics, and innovation in ABA—and what that means for the next generation of behavior analysts.
Dr. Nia Johnson, EdD, CCC-SLP | Speech-Language Pathology Assistant Program Director and Assistant Clinical Professor in Communication Sciences and Disorders at Northeastern in Charlotte
Dr. Johnson is a licensed SLP with over 20 years of clinical and academic experience. She'll discuss the future directions of AI in the SLP field and what students entering the profession should know now.
What to expect:
- Applied perspectives on AI from three distinct health sciences disciplines
- Candid discussion on ethics, innovation, and the changing landscape of practice
- Live Q&A with faculty
- Information on Northeastern in Charlotte's graduate programs and how to take your next step
About Northeastern
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.
Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 13 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 320,000-plus alumni, and more than 3,800 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions.
Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment.
Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.