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AI literacy for biomedical and clinical researchers. No coding is required. Note that UF GatorLink is not required for the registration. See detailed below. The syllabus is attached. </span></div>
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<b>From: </b>Hart,Cora <Cora.Hart@medicine.ufl.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Zhe He <zhe@fsu.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Now Open: AI Passport for Biomedical & Clinical Research | Starts January 12<br>
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I am writing to ask for your support in encouraging faculty, staff, and trainees within your departments to consider enrolling in
<b>AI Passport for Biomedical and Clinical Research</b>, a new 14-week, cohort-based educational program developed at the University of Florida.</div>
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The inaugural cohort will begin January 12, and registration will close on January 16.</div>
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Funded by the NIH IPERT program and developed by UF faculty across medicine, engineering, data science, law, and ethics,
<i>AI Passport</i> is designed to build foundational AI literacy across the biomedical and clinical research enterprise. The program emphasizes scientific rigor, reproducibility, ethics, and translational relevance, while remaining accessible to participants
without prior AI or coding experience.</div>
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<b><i>AI Passport</i> may be particularly valuable for:</b></div>
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Faculty integrating AI into grants, publications, or collaborative research</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 12pt 0in;">
Trainees preparing for academic, clinical, or industry careers</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 12pt 0in;">
Research staff and administrators supporting AI-enabled projects</li></ul>
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The curriculum combines short-format learning, hands-on work with real biomedical data, expert faculty instruction, and a culminating impact project focused on real-world applications.</div>
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Your encouragement plays an important role in signaling the institutional importance of responsible and well-informed AI use. We would be grateful if you could share this opportunity with your faculty, staff, and trainees.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Learn more:</b> </span><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Faipassport.org%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cisl%40lists.fsu.edu%7Cdb315f9258674d8ba20d08de4efaf9e0%7Ca36450ebdb0642a78d1b026719f701e3%7C0%7C0%7C639035036999934078%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=qK6cQQtep%2F7hDyycD0jEups6v7PVjWchCKgH%2BjIznBU%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://aipassport.org/" id="OWA18ac0aca-7434-4675-a9e5-c6356dec88d8" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://aipassport.org/" originalsrc="https://aipassport.org/" data-outlook-id="e6bd536e-080f-412a-b6f3-151cebc89d11" style="color: blue;">aipassport.org</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
<b>Register here (closes January 16):</b> </span><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Freg.pwd.aa.ufl.edu%2Fsearch%2FpublicCourseSearchDetails.do%3Fmethod%3Dload%26courseId%3D10080569%26selectedProgramAreaId%3D1015758%26selectedProgramStreamId%3D1016506&data=05%7C02%7Cisl%40lists.fsu.edu%7Cdb315f9258674d8ba20d08de4efaf9e0%7Ca36450ebdb0642a78d1b026719f701e3%7C0%7C0%7C639035036999948373%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=kxwJy1Dcu8ixtqK%2FbcTYDsrs2ztF1srxx1rhXRJKoTA%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://reg.pwd.aa.ufl.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=10080569&selectedProgramAreaId=1015758&selectedProgramStreamId=1016506" id="OWA5ebecf28-3568-a751-aa1b-ff4154a053e7" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://reg.pwd.aa.ufl.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=10080569&selectedProgramAreaId=1015758&selectedProgramStreamId=1016506" originalsrc="https://reg.pwd.aa.ufl.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=10080569&selectedProgramAreaId=1015758&selectedProgramStreamId=1016506" data-outlook-id="a7da4773-cfed-436e-838c-c5ac4b8b1454" style="color: blue;">AI
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Thank you for your continued leadership and support of research excellence at the University of Florida.</div>
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Warm regards,</div>
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<b>Azra Bihorac, MD, MS, FCCM, FASN</b><br>
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R. Glenn Davis Professor of Medicine, Surgery, and Anesthesiology<br>
University of Florida College of Medicine</div>
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