This episode with Dr. Rich Caruana explores machine learning's evolution in healthcare, focusing on the shift from opaque neural networks to interpretable models like explainable boosting machines (EBMs) and their integration with large language models to improve transparency and clinical decision-making.

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01:00 Intelligible ML for Healthcare

59:44 Support Tomorrow’s Medicine

01:00:16 Concepts Recap & Reflections

01:10:30 Intelligible.ai: A Startup Journey

01:18:12 On Coding

01:27:03 Model Compression

01:33:26 Life as a Scientist

01:41:39 Advice for Aspiring Scientists

01:50:45 The Future of Healthcare

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In this episode of Tomorrow's Medicine, Professor Lieven Annemans discusses healthcare economics, covering cost-effectiveness, QALY, value-based payments, patient-centered systems, and the future of healthcare with a focus on prevention, AI, and social determinants.

00:00 Introduction to Healthcare Economics

01:37 The Evolution of Healthcare Economics

04:54 Understanding Cost-Effectiveness in Healthcare

07:58 Lessons from Working with Policymakers

10:33 The Ecosystem of Healthcare Decision-Making

12:35 The Role of Citizens in Healthcare Values

13:50 Collaboration with Scientists and Clinicians

16:54 Future of Decision-Making in Healthcare

21:04 Explaining QALY: Quality Adjusted Life Years

29:03 Value-Based Payments vs. Fee-for-Service Models

34:25 Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Systems

35:17 Investing in Health Promotion

40:40 The Role of Telemedicine

45:09 The Art of Medicine vs. Determinism

48:01 Genetics and Epigenetics Explained

52:06 Becoming a Healthcare Economist

55:10 Social Determinants of Health

01:00:04 The Future of AI in Medicine

01:06:06 Vision for Healthcare in 10 Years

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Cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Artyom Zinchenko discusses how the hippocampus, attention, and emotions shape memory and learning, emphasizing strategies like spaced learning and self-testing to manage cognitive load effectively.

00:00 Introduction

01:00 Artyom’s Background

03:10 The Learning Process

08:55 Long- vs. Short-Term Memory

11:57 Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve

14:45 The Role of Attention

17:53 How Emotions Affect the Forgetting Curve

24:05 Cognitive Overload

28:40 Effective Study Strategies

43:12 Contextual Interference

47:13 Review and Emerging Research

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In this conversation, Ben Lengerich and Arseniy explore computational biology, focusing on deep learning, context-adaptive models, and AI interpretability in healthcare. They discuss challenges in foundation models, causality, anomaly detection, and balancing personalization with generalizability.

00:00 Intro

00:50 What is Computational Biology

01:35 Advice for Students

03:18 Deep Learning in Bio: 2018 vs 2025

06:49 Lengerich Lab

08:17 Context-Adaptive ML

11:52 Why Interpretability Matters

19:45 Do LLMs possess Intelligence?

24:35 Model's Over-Personalization

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27:27 Industry & Academia in Comp Bio

34:05 Medical Data Anomalies

40:29 How to Catch Counter-Causalities

46:18 The Hospital of the Future

49:38 Who Funds the Research

54:36 Are There Leading Institutions?

59:30 Vision for Medicine in 10 Years

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00:00 Who Am I

03:56 Revolution in Healthcare

12:48 Why Did I Start This Podcast

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In this episode, Arseniy and Oscar Uzdelewicz explore computational neuroscience, its significance in medicine, and future implications. They discuss BCIs, neural data precision, brain disease diagnosis, and the role of interdisciplinary collaboration. Oscar shares insights from his internship, highlighting innovative healthcare projects that could reshape patient care.

00:00 Intro

00:47 What’s Computational Neuroscience?

02:42 Switching Majors

05:45 Cool Neuro Research

09:22 BCIs & the Brain

19:18 Support the Pod!

20:11 Internship at Flatiron Institute

26:56 Geometric Neuro-Spaces

29:37 Medicine in 20 years

36:27 Spending $1B on Science

45:15 Outro

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Welcome to Tomorrow’s Medicine Podcast—your gateway to the future of healthcare.

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