Translating AI to Clinical Practice

Susanne Wegener is a Senior Physician at the Department of Neurology at University Hospital Zurich (USZ) and SNF Professor at the University of Zurich. She specializes in stroke and neuroangiology, with clinical expertise in duplex sonography, headache, EEG, cerebral imaging, and both primary and secondary cardiovascular prevention - particularly in women’s health. Her academic career includes medical and doctoral training in Hamburg, research posts at the Max Planck Institute and UC San Diego, and a habilitation from the University of Zurich.

Her research focuses on translational stroke science, including prediction of recovery in acute stroke, the role of microcirculation and neuroplasticity (KFSP Stroke), and mechanisms of reperfusion failure. She also investigates optoacoustic imaging in cerebrovascular disease and the specific cardiovascular risks faced by women. With numerous publications to her name, she actively contributes to the field’s advancement and outreach.

Combining clinical excellence with innovative research, she plays a leading role in bridging basic neuroscience and patient care, with the goal of improving outcomes and prevention strategies in cerebrovascular disease.

Charlotte Bunne is an assistant professor at EPFL in the School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC) and School of Life Sciences (SV). She is part of the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC) and the EPFL AI Center. Before, she was a PostDoc at Genentech and Stanford working with Aviv Regev and Jure Leskovec and completed a PhD in Computer Science at ETH Zurich working with Andreas Krause and Marco Cuturi. During her graduate studies, she was a visiting researcher at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard hosted by Anne Carpenter and Shantanu Singh and worked with Stefanie Jegelka at MIT. Charlotte has been a Fellow of the German National Academic Foundation and is a recipient of two ETH Medals.

Mary-Anne (Annie) Hartley is an Adjunct Professor and Director at at EPFL. As a physician-scientist and global health innovator, she leads the LiGHT Lab (Laboratory for Intelligent Global Health and Humanitarian Response Technologies) with active sites across Rwanda, India, Switzerland, and the U.S.

Formerly a tenure-track professor at Yale, she holds academic roles at EPFL, Ashoka University, Carnegie Mellon Africa, and Ariadne Labs. Her work integrates AI, clinical research, and humanitarian response, including leadership in vaccine trials and epidemic modeling. With experience spanning Ebola outbreaks to COVID-19 trials, she has collaborated with ministries of health and global NGOs. Her mission is to bring intelligent, scalable solutions to underserved health systems worldwide.