Dr Jan Brauner is a PhD candidate in the Centre for Doctoral Training on Intelligent and Autonomous Machines and Systems (AIMS CDT), and a member of the Future of Humanity Institute DPhil Scholars program. His current research interests include AI safety, applications of AI in medicine and biomedical research, and clinical research on cognitive enhancement. Before his DPhil, Jan studied medicine in Germany and worked as a research assistant in neuroscience, immunology and global health. We were really excited to chat to him about his work in AI and machine learning in Medicine, clinical trials and more!

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Dr Alastair Yeoh is a Junior Doctor in the UK who recently returned from working in Ethiopia with Medicins Sans Frontieres. He also worked in Zambia and is looked to pursue a career in infectious diseases and global health. He’s also passionate about effective giving, having taken the GWWC pledge in 2019 and currently donates 20% of his income after tax to effective charities. We really enjoyed talking to him about his career and his thoughts on impact in medicine.

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Dr Chris Lovejoy is a data scientist and medical doctor in London, passionate about scalable impact through technology and education. Currently, he is in the early stages of starting his own company, backed by Entrepreneur First. He is also a guest lecturer at teaching assistant in machine learning at UCL. We were really excited to talk to him about the potential for impact in medicine through technology and tech entrepreneurship as well through machine learning and data science.

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Dr Lucia Coulter is a clinical doctor turned charity founder! After completing medical school in Cambridge, she worked as Junior Doctor. Over a year ago she co-founded the Lead Exposure Elimination Project, LEEP, a non profit working to reduce lead exposure via lead based based. She is currently the co-director of LEEP. We were really excited to chat to Lucia about her experiences founding a not-for-profit, charity entrepreneurship and global health!

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