AI/ML Working Group

Preclinical

Members

Name Affiliation
Yushi Liu (Chair) Lilly
Chen Ting Regenx Bio
Louise Ruihua Liu Hill Research
Dongyan Yan Lilly
Wenjie Wang Lilly
Rui Li Hill Research
Alex Raymond Hill Research
Carter Allen Lilly
Leon Shi Pfizer
Siddhesh Kulkarni BMS
Zhe Sun Lilly
Xi Miles AbbVie
Rui Wu Hill Research
Ixavier Alonzo Higgins Lilly
Javier Munoz Briones Lilly

Accomplishments

  1. CSLAN: Cross-Species Latent Alignment Network for Trauma-Related Cell-Type Classification
    bioRxiv 2025 — DOI: 10.1101/2025.06.09.655966
  2. CSLAN: A Cross-Species Latent Alignment Network for Trauma-Related Cell-Type Classification
    Poster — New England Rare Disease Statistics (NERDS) Workshop, 2025
  3. Connecting the Dots: Leveraging AI/ML Tools to Increase Interpretability of Genomic Signatures from Mouse to Human
    Invited sessions: JSM 2026 and RISW 2026

Working Group Activities

  1. Cross-Species Latent Alignment Network for Trauma-Related Cell-Type ClassificationCompleted
  2. Translation of Mouse Perturbed Genomic Signature to Human Using TrVAECompleted
  3. Translation of Mouse Perturbed Genomic Signature to Human Using scGPT Foundational ModelOngoing
  4. AI-assisted Bayesian–Frequentist Hybrid Inference with an application in scRNA-seq — Ongoing

Real-World Data/Evidence

Members

Name Affiliation
Margaret Gamalo (Chair) Pfizer
Yunxun Wang (Lead) Bayer
Achilleas Livieratos
Cynthia Basu Pfizer
Dai Feng AbbVie
Di Zhang Teva
Eóin Molloy Aicura-Medical
Heather Litman Thermo Fisher
Ilya Lipkovich Eli Lilly
Janis Reinelt Aicura-Medical
Junjing Lin Takeda
Krishna Padmanabhan Madrigal
Minxin Lu Boston University
Natalia Kan-Dobrosky AbbVie
Qilu Yu NIH
Sai Dharmarajan Sarepta
Taehyun Jung FDA
Tu Xu Novo Nordisk
Ying Zhang Teva

Accomplishments

  1. Explainable Machine Learning: A primer for clinicians 
    Manuscript forthcoming
  2. Neural Boltzmann Machine-Based Framework for Longitudinal Disease Risk Prediction and Synthetic Patient Generation
    Code development completed
  3. Transforming Heart Failure Treatment: Leveraging CausalML Powered Real-World Evidence for Personalized Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy
    Invited session: JSM 2025

Working Group Activities

  1. Causal Machine Learning in Healthcare Delivery: Current Applications, Methods, and Future Directions for Clinical Practice — Ongoing [Manuscript in preparation]
  2. Synthetic Data and Digital Twins in Drug DevelopmentOngoing [Manuscript in preparation]

Post-Authorization HEOR & Safety

Members

Name Affiliation
Margaret Gamalo (Chair) Pfizer
Achilleas Livieratos (Lead)
All-shine Chen Pfizer
Maria Kudela Pfizer
Leon Shi Pfizer
Paula Angelica Ramos Pfizer
Di Zhang Teva
Junjing Lin Takeda
Sai Dharmarajan Sarepta
Yuxi Zhao Pfizer
Xin Luo Pfizer

Accomplishments

  1. Superior Performance of Generative AI After Application of Mixture-of-Agents LLMs in Outcomes Research 
    ISPOR 2025 — Abstract
  2. Open-Source LLMs Performance on Information Retrieval Tasks for Health Outcomes Research
    ISPOR 2025 — Abstract
  3. MetaMind: A Multi-Agent Transformer-Driven Framework for Automated Network Meta-Analyses
    medRxiv — Preprint
  4. RISW 2025 Invited Session on AI/ML for Drug Safety and HEOR Applications

Working Group Activities

  1. Participation in ISPOR 2026 and RISW 2026 regarding AI/ML applications in HEOR and safety analytics — Ongoing
  2. Building international collaborations with academic institutions to advance methodological innovation and global impact — Ongoing
  3. Publication on Exploring FAERS Across Medicine (pharmacovigilance analysis) — Ongoing
  4. Publication on AI across the Pharmaceutical Industry (applications to drug development, regulatory science, and safety monitoring) — Ongoing
  5. Publication on AI and Clinical Practice (bridging real-word data and clinical decision-making) — Ongoing
  6. Advancing transformative AI methodology development to revolutionize the pharmaceutical sector — Ongoing

Clinical Development

Members

Name Affiliation
Li Wang (Co-Chair) AbbVie
Yue Shentu (Co-Chair) Merck
Zhong Sheng AbbVie
Yu Deng AbbVie
Denise Li AbbVie
Xing Yunzhao AbbVie
Natalia Kan-Dobrosky AbbVie
Siddhesh Kulkarni BMS
GQ Cai GSK
Maria Kudela Pfizer
Rakhi Kilaru Thermo Fisher Scientific
Antara Majumdar GSK
Siddhesh Kulkarni BMS
Swarna Reddy ASA Member and Volunteer
Gina D'Angelo AstraZeneca
Xiaomin Lu GSK

Accomplishments

  1. The Current Landscape of Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Development 
    Manuscript forthcoming
  2. RISW Invited Session

Working Group Activities

  1. Survey of pharmaceutical industry practice for AI/ML adoptions in clinical development — Ongoing
  2. Landscape paper on AI in clinical development — Ongoing