Month: February 2024

Standardized Tests: The Big Picture

Standardized Tests: The Big Picture

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Part 1 in a 3-part series on Yale’s test-flexible policy. Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Jeremiah Quinlan shares his thoughts on the role and value of tests generally, and how students should consider their scores during the college search process. Hannah and Mark discuss how admissions officers incorporate test scores in Yale’s whole-person review process, and they bust some persistent myths about testing.

YJBM Science News Podcast: Episode 12

YJBM Science News Podcast: Episode 12

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Welcome to the twelfth episode of YJBM Science News, where we discuss the recent news in healthcare and science across the Yale community. Today, our hosts Mara and Samantha discuss four of the most intriguing topics of the past week.

Links:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg9196
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.adi0673

Medical AI: From Algorithms to Solutions with Elad Walach

Medical AI: From Algorithms to Solutions with Elad Walach

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Our guest is Elad Walach (https://www.linkedin.com/in/elad-walach/) who is a founder and CE of AIDoc (https://www.aidoc.com/) Based in Tel Aviv, Aidoc is a leading provider of medical AI solutions. It has 13 algorithms cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, with over 1,000 hospitals using its products across the globe.

Further Reading:

Elad Walach. An AI model is NOT An AI Product. January 31, 2024
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-model-product-elad-walach-abemf

AIDoc. Understanding Recent AI Regulations and Guidelines. January 29, 2024. https://www.aidoc.com/blog/ai-regulations-guidelines/

Season Two, Episode Six: Robert Post

Season Two, Episode Six: Robert Post

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For Yale Law School’s bicentennial in 2024, Sterling Professor of Law Robert Post ’77 reflects on his tenure as Dean from 2009 to 2017. He also discusses his 35-year quest to write the definitive history of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice William Howard Taft.

Episode website and transcript.

The EU AI Act and Medical Device Regulation with Andrea Biasiucci

The EU AI Act and Medical Device Regulation with Andrea Biasiucci

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Our guest is Dr. Andrea Biasiucci (https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreabiasiucci/) who is the CEO of confinis (https://www.confinis.com/), a worldwide medical device regulatory consulting company based in Switzerland. Dr. Biasiucci received his Ph.D. in Brain-Computer Interfaces from EPFL in Lausanne, and has been an AI-based neurotech innovator for over a decade. The video was recorded on Nov 22, 2023.

This is a follow up interview to a previous discussion recorded with Dr. Biasiucci for the Yale Medical Software Coursera Class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhK6AQ3Qyfk (June
2021).

Further Reading:

EU AI Act: https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/the-act/
Gilbert S, Harvey H, Melvin T, Vollebregt E, Wicks P. Large language model AI chatbots require
approval as medical devices. Nat Med [Internet]. Nature Publishing Group; 2023 Jun 30.
Available from: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-023-02412-6

YJBM Science News Podcast: Episode 11

YJBM Science News Podcast: Episode 11

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Welcome to the eleventh episode of YJBM Science News, where we discuss the recent news in healthcare and science across the Yale community. Today, our hosts Mara and Samantha discuss four of the most intriguing topics of the past week.

Links:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtho.2024.01.012
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291723003732

Eyes on the World: Using Data to Combat Human Rights Violations in Conflict (Part One)

Eyes on the World: Using Data to Combat Human Rights Violations in Conflict (Part One)

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In the second episode of Yale Global Health Insights, Dr. Chekijian sits down with Nathaniel Raymond, Executive Director of the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health and an expert in war crime investigation and humanitarian research. Together they examine the origins of his pioneering work as a global detective linking satellite surveillance with information technology to aid vulnerable populations in a quest for justice. Join them as they discuss everything from Hurricane Katrina to the law on armed conflict and beyond.

‘Beyond the Ivy’: Professor Joel Baden on taking theological education to wider public

‘Beyond the Ivy’: Professor Joel Baden on taking theological education to wider public

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YDS Professor Joel Baden discusses launching and leading the Center for Continuing Education at YDS, defends his critical scholarship of the Bible, and critiques what he calls scholarly evangelicalism.

A transcript of this interview can be found here.

Apolipoprotein A and reverse cascade cardiac prevention: a quality improvement project

Apolipoprotein A and reverse cascade cardiac prevention: a quality improvement project

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Dr. Joshua Hyman, MD, PGY-2, Yale Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program, prepared at Harvard College and Yale Medical School prior to his residency. This noon conference describes the latest updates in cardiovascular screening and its application in an innovative hot-spotting project in the med-peds continuity clinic.

Global health, chronic disease, and building a research career – perspectives from a med-peds trained physician

Global health, chronic disease, and building a research career – perspectives from a med-peds trained physician

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Dr. Jeremy Schwartz, Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Yale School of Medicine, is a 2010 graduate Yale Med-Peds program who has designed an exciting career as researcher, educator, and clinician, with a special focus on chronic disease in the developing world.