Event Speaker
John Giannini, PhD
Health Science Policy Analyst
All of Us Research Program, National Institutes of Health
John Giannini serves as Branch Chief of the Data Systems Branch at the All of Us Research Program, where he leads strategy for expanding high-value research data, including medical imaging and electronic health record resources. Trained as a physicist and optical engineer, he brings expertise in fluorescence microscopy, retinal imaging, and quantitative image analysis from doctoral and postdoctoral research. At All of Us, he advances data quality frameworks and guides acquisition planning for new imaging and linked data types that strengthen the program’s utility for researchers. His work focuses on building scalable data infrastructure to support diverse, data-driven biomedical discovery.
Sessions
Ophthalmic Imaging AI: Computer Vision for Retinal Disease Prediction
Presented by Kerry E. Ashby, MS, John Giannini, PhD, Syed Haqqani, MS, Amberlynn Reed, MPH in Ophthalmology, Radiology Jun 10, 2026 | 1:45 PM.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly expanding the diagnostic value of ophthalmic imaging, transforming retinal photographs and optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans into rich sources of predictive clinical insight. As deep learning and computer vision methods mature, retinal imaging is increasingly being used not only to document ocular abnormalities, but also to identify subtle biomarkers associated with progressive diseases…