Podcast Episodes

Sylvia Plevritis: Better cancer treatment through data

Biomedical data scientist Sylvia Plevritis is an expert in computational modeling of cancer risk and treatment options hidden in the remarkable quan…

6 years, 8 months ago

James Landay: What’s next in human-computer interaction?

Computers are everywhere and humans are engaging with them in nearly everything they do. Knowing this, the question becomes: How do we design a world…

6 years, 8 months ago

Jeremy Weinstein: Technology in the public interest

Political scientist Jeremy Weinstein has worked at both the White House and the United Nations. In both jobs, he encountered the ethical and policy c…

6 years, 8 months ago

Kari Nadeau: Science takes on food allergies

Once avoidance was the only answer, but a leading allergist says that advances in desensitizing allergies are challenging common convention. Food all…

6 years, 9 months ago

Monica Lam: Privacy in the age of virtual assistants

Can we reap the benefits of artificial intelligence while also protecting our personal information? From scheduling appointments to setting the therm…

6 years, 9 months ago

Sharad Goel: How hidden bias affects the criminal justice system

In-depth statistical analyses show time and again that subtle, unconscious bias is pervasive in the American justice system. The bigger question, how…

6 years, 10 months ago

Paul Yock: Innovation in medical technology

When Stanford’s Paul Yock was a young interventional cardiologist, he was frustrated by the complex, two-person process required to deliver life-savi…

6 years, 10 months ago

Margaret Brandeau: Math and computers help reshape health policy

Margaret Brandeau may carry a business card that reads Professor of Management Science and Engineering, but her expertise is in using complex systems…

6 years, 10 months ago

Tony Oro: Stem cell therapies for incurable diseases

By last count, there are 5,000 genetic diseases in the human body.

A few are merely annoying, but far more are devastating and without cure. In the l…

6 years, 11 months ago

Michelle Monje: New therapies for brain cancer

Brain cancers are known to be elusive and clever killers, but Michelle Monje, associate professor of neurology and neurological sciences, is helping …

6 years, 11 months ago