Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, the 17th Director of the National Institutes of Health, delivered the Keynote Speech early in the program of the 2025 NFCR Global Summit and Award Ceremonies for Cancer Research & Entrepreneurship, co-hosted by AIM-HI, on October 24 in Washington, DC.
C-SPAN was on-site at the National Press Club on Friday, October 24, 2025, to televise Dr. Bertagnolli’s speech.
When asked after the Morning Sessions, Dr. Bertagnolli stated her main takeaways from her keynote as:
If we are going to achieve precision medicine and precision in oncology, we can’t have disparities or leave anyone out of who we are including in the data that is used for creating artificial intelligence (AI) applications.
Trust is everything; As we develop new applications with AI, we need to ensure that the people we serve are intricately involved and that they can very clearly see how those applications have been developed to benefit them as individuals.
Watch the full speech at c-span.org.
Bertagnolli was awarded the 2023 AIM-HI Beacon Award for Women Leaders in Oncology, honoring her collaborative initiatives to transform data infrastructure for clinical research. She is currently serving as a Senior Fellow in Healthcare Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
The NFCR Global Summit and Award Ceremonies for Cancer Research & Entrepreneurship is an annual gathering of the brightest minds across the cancer research ecosystem. From the scientists to survivors and everyone in between, the right people to make cures possible engage in meaningful, immersive discussions on what’s now and what’s next in cancer prevention, detection, and treatment. Discover more about this event and explore our past programs.
