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After the Algorithm: Making Machine Learning Work in Healthcare
January 17, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Innovate For Health presents Dr. Leonard D’Avolio, Assistant Professor Brigham & Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School Co-founder, Cyft
Abstract: In his talk, titled “After the Algorithm: Making Machine Learning Work for Healthcare,” Leonard D’Avolio, Ph.D. shares lessons learned from 15 years of experience designing, developing, and deploying machine learning-enabled systems in academic, government, philanthropic, and industrial healthcare environments. This talk is a painfully honest view of the promise and potential of machine learning in healthcare as well as the cultural, economic, and practical barriers that stand in its way. As the title suggests, Dr. D’Avolio’s primary interest is preparing students, entrepreneurs, data scientists, managers, and executives for what really matters – what comes after the algorithm.
Speaker: Leonard D’Avolio, Ph.D. helps government, academia, philanthropy, and industry use data to improve healthcare, with a particular focus on machine learning. He’s the co-founder of Cyft, a healthcare analytics company, and an Assistant Professor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He serves as an advisor to the Helmsley Charitable Trust Foundation and several healthcare startups and is a board member for Youth Development Organization in Lawrence, Massachusetts. His work has been funded by several institutions including the National Cancer Institute, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, National Library of Medicine, and the Helmsley Charitable Trust Foundation. His straightforward and practical advice on using data to improve healthcare has made him an internationally sought-after speaker and his writing and research are routinely featured in academic and industry publications.
Registration:Registration is free, but pre-registration is required due to space limitations in Genentech Hall. This presentation will also be made available via Livestream.
This talk is hosted by BIDS and the UCSF Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute.
