Description

The ASN Advances in Research Conference (ARC) 2025 is a specialized, one-day “Early Program” held immediately before the main Kidney Week scientific sessions. For 2025, the ARC theme is “Generative Artificial Intelligence in Kidney Disease Research and Management.”

This focused conference is designed to move beyond the “hype” of AI and provide a rigorous scientific examination of how Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative AI are actively reshaping nephrology—from accelerating drug discovery to redesigning clinical trials and personalizing patient care.

What You Will Learn

The curriculum is designed to bridge the gap between computational science and clinical nephrology. Key learning outcomes include:

Omics Integration: How to use generative AI to analyze large-scale molecular omics data (genomics, proteomics) to identify new therapeutic targets for kidney disease.

Clinical Trial Redesign: Using AI for “Prognostic Enrichment”—identifying patients most likely to benefit from a trial drug—and automating event adjudication to speed up results.

Bias Mitigation: Recognizing and correcting “Algorithmic Bias” in AI models to ensuring that kidney function prediction tools do not perpetuate health disparities.

Generative AI in Practice: Practical applications of AI in drafting clinical notes, summarizing patient histories, and serving as clinical decision support tools.