The AI in Healthcare and Life Sciences Podcast
The AI in Healthcare and Life Sciences Podcast helps healthcare, pharmaceutical, and life sciences leaders understand how artificial intelligence is transforming patient care, drug discovery, clinical research, insurance, and healthcare operations.
Each episode from Emerj AI Research features practical, non-technical conversations with AI leaders, healthcare executives, investors, and industry experts on where AI is creating real business value across healthcare and life sciences.
The show includes insights from organizations such as IQVIA, Takeda, Pfizer, and AstraZeneca, alongside perspectives from venture capitalists investing in AI for healthcare innovation.
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Dangers of Unchecked AI Development When Politics Meets Machine Learning – with John-Clark Levin of the Yorktown Institute
September 4, 2025
In this episode of the AI in Healthcare and Life Sciences podcast, host Matthew DeMello speaks with John-Clark Levin, Fellow at the Yorktown Institute and researcher at Kurzweil Research, about the intersection of U.S. politics, AI development, and biosecurity. Levin outlines why the coming years may prove decisive for artificial general intelligence (AGI) and how political volatility under the current administration could directly impact AI...
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Bridging the AI Trust Gap in Life Sciences Workflows – with John-Clark Levin of Kurzweil Technologies
August 7, 2025
Today's guest is John-Clark Levin, Research Lead at Kurzweil Technologies. Kurzweil Technologies, Inc. (KTI) is a research and development company developing and marketing technologies in pattern recognition and artificial intelligence. In this episode, John-Clark unpacks the challenges of deploying AI in healthcare, focusing on reliability, risk tolerance, and the gap between model performance and real-world trust. He explores why even small error rates can derail...
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Human-Centered AI and the Path to Transformation – with Francesco Tisiot of Aiven
July 3, 2025
Today's guest is Francesco Tisiot, Field CTO at Aiven. Aiven provides fully managed, open-source data infrastructure on all major clouds. Their platform enables organizations to scale quickly, securely, and cost-effectively — freeing teams to focus on delivering AI applications and business outcomes. Francesco returns to the program to share a pragmatic perspective on AI adoption in highly regulated industries. He outlines how generative AI can...
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Adopting AI Safely and Effectively in Life Sciences – with Francesco Tisiot of Aiven
June 5, 2025
Today's guest is Francesco Tisiot, Field CTO at Aiven. Aiven provides fully managed, open-source data infrastructure on all major clouds. Their platform enables organizations to scale quickly, securely, and cost-effectively—freeing teams to focus on delivering AI applications and business outcomes. Francesco joins Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello on today's show to discuss what it takes to responsibly adopt AI in highly regulated sectors like life...
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The Role of AI in Educating the Next Generation of Healthcare Professionals – with Rhett Alden of Elsevier
May 1, 2025
Today's guest is Rhett Alden, Chief Technology Officer at Elsevier. Elsevier is a global leader in information analytics and academic publishing, providing trusted scientific, technical, and medical content for researchers, clinicians, and professionals. Rhett returns to the podcast to explore how AI is reshaping healthcare education by bridging the gap between emerging technologies and traditional training methods. In this episode, Rhett shares how Elsevier is...
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