If there is one filed of Medicine where AI is already showing greatest impact is Oncology. Last Thursday I was at the Encontros da Primavera, in Évora, discussing the challenges of big data and examples of AI applications in Oncology, sharing the stage with Sofia Rocha. We had a lively discussion with an audience of…
Tag: Health
Speaker: Big Dat, AI and Medicine
Last Saturday I was at Culturgest discussing Big Data and Medicine with Joana Sá (NOVA SBE), Elsa Cardoso (ISCTE) in a session organised by Davide Scarso and moderated by Hugo Almeida, both from the Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia. While the panel covered different topics – potentials and pitfalls, what I…
Speaker: Microbiome manipulation
I was yesterday at the annual meeting of the Associação Portuguesa de Nutrição Entérica e Parentérica discussing with an audience largely composed by nutritionists the routes and clinical evidence for microbiome manipulation. It is yet another dimension that we investigate in our attempt to understand our health, one that raises important challenges to he health…
Speaker: AI (WfG) in Medicine
I participated in the session 1,000,000 genome initiative in 2019’s Portugal eHealth Summit. I discussed the role of AI in the clinical genomics laboratory, and the specific case of the adoption of the AI platform Watson for Genomics at the Centro de Medicina Laboratorial Germano de Sousa, together with the IBM’s Cristina Semião. The growing…
Speaker: Big Data and automation in medicine
I gave a talk at the Escola Superior de Tecnologias da Saúde, a school that trains for many of the health professions, such as physiotherapists, opticians, nutritionists, pathology technicians, etc. I Discussed:
Speaker: Investment & Innovation potential in Life Sci.
On Nov 16th, 2017 I gave a talk at the I annual meeting of the Associação de Consultores de Investimento e Inovação de Portugal about the Potential for Investment and Innovation of the Life Sciences. I discussed changing trends in Biomedical sciences and the health sector, and the opportunities arising. I also discussed the Portuguese…
Interview/Debate – Falar Global
At the Falar Global show, discussing with Reginaldo Rodrigues de Almeida new technologies in medicine, like genomics and bioinformatics, and the future (and present) of medicine