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Michele Amaral Brandão, Ramon Gonçalves Pereira and Mariangela Leal Cherchiglia side by side, holding CI-IA Saúde bags

Event

September 17, 2026

NIAR-Saúde introduces the centre at the IV CI-IA Saúde Symposium

In a talk at UFMG, Mariangela Leal Cherchiglia, Michele Amaral Brandão and Ramon Gonçalves Pereira introduced the centre to students, researchers and health professionals gathered to discuss how to advance AI in Brazilian healthcare.

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Marisa Vasconcelos presents NIAR-Saúde’s work at Data for Policy 2026, with the FIAR slide projected behind her

Event

September 17, 2026

NIAR-Saúde presents AI governance framework at Data for Policy 2026

At the conference’s 10th edition, in Barcelona, the group presented FIAR, which turns responsible AI principles into evidence and maturity levels for the continuous oversight of systems.

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Ramon Pereira presents NIAR-Saúde’s paper at SBCAS 2026 in Ouro Preto

Event

June 04, 2026

NIAR-Saúde presents paper on responsible AI at SBCAS 2026

The group brought to the Brazilian Symposium on Computing Applied to Health a study on forecasting respiratory hospitalizations with SUS data and the responsible use of artificial intelligence.

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UFMG’s secure room for handling sensitive health data

Media

March 10, 2026

UFMG becomes the first university in Brazil with a secure room for sensitive health data

The country’s first such environment enables sensitive-data processing and AI solutions to improve diagnoses, prognoses and treatments.

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Inauguration of NIAR-Saúde’s Secure Room at UFMG’s Medical School

Event

March 09, 2026

NIAR-Saúde’s Secure Room is inaugurated to expand research with AI and health data

New space at UFMG’s Medical School lets AI analyses and models for health be developed in a controlled, monitored and auditable environment.

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