{"id":6374,"date":"2025-07-30T15:38:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T19:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=6374"},"modified":"2025-07-30T15:38:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T19:38:14","slug":"ai-driven-approaches-to-validate-nams-and-reduce-animal-dependency-in-biomedical-research","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/event\/ai-driven-approaches-to-validate-nams-and-reduce-animal-dependency-in-biomedical-research\/","title":{"rendered":"AI-Driven Approaches to Validate NAMs and Reduce Animal Dependency in Biomedical Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> August 13, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 10:00 AM \u2013 11:00 AM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Zoom <a href=\"http:\/\/go.unc.edu\/nam-zoom\"><strong>http:\/\/go.unc.edu\/nam-zoom<\/strong><\/a> (Registration Required)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Melissa Haendel, PhD, FACMI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Distinguished Professor, Genetics<\/p>\n<p>Director of Precision Health &amp; Translational Informatics<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Director of Computational Science \u2013 NC TraCS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:mhaendel@email.unc.edu\">mhaendel@email.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Join us for a dynamic session exploring how artificial intelligence and computational modeling are transforming biomedical science. 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