Spark_Pulse_Podcast: Recent Episodes
Mowafa Househ
Welcome to the Spark Pulse Podcast, hosted by Dr. Mowafa Househ. Listen to experts from all around the world speak on topics surrounding digital health and how technology, specifically AI is changing the medical world as we know it.
You’re in a surgery room… it’s cold, silent and this risky surgery could determine whether you live or die. What if I told you that the decision taken to put you through this surgery was made by a machine? As crazy as it seems, this is fast becoming a reality. Join Dr. Barry Soleiman and I in this episode where we discuss the concepts of consent and medical liability in legal jurisdictions around the world as well as how these concepts interact with AI innovations in medicine.
In this episode we welcomed Dr. Barry Soleiman; a specialist in the field of Law and Medicine with a Doctorate degree from Cambridge University. His work specifically focuses on the relationship between AI, Law and Healthcare.
Navigating the Law in a world constantly changing due to technology is already difficult enough. In the world of Law and Medicine, this situation becomes even more complex, Dr. Barry explains. One of the main challenges that he unpacks in this episode is the concept of data privacy in a world where AI and medicine have begun to intermingle. On the one hand, patients benefit from sharing data with their doctors, but what happens when this data gets into the wrong hands? Find out in this episode.
In this episode Dr. Nabil Shorbaji put forward the case for integrating the healthcare system with the technology while also fostering collaborative efforts between countries in the MENA region in these fields. Doing so will reduce the costs of healthcare as well as make it more accessible. Find out how by listening to this episode.
In this episode we brought on Dr. Najeeb Shorbaji, the president of the Jordan Library and Information association, and the Middle East and North Africa Health Informatics Association. He also has a wealth of experience with the WHO in Geneva, dealing with major global health matters during his time there. On today's show, he told us of the exciting reality of digital health being introduced into low income countries. These digital health projects in these countries are a ray of hope and a step forward in creating long term solutions to health problems in regions affected by war, drought and extreme poverty. Tune in to find out more!
In this episode, we took a good look at the ethical dilemmas that are created by an advancing technological world in the field of medicine. Where is our data stored? Who gets to look at that data? Is my data being sold? These are all valid concerns when looking at how healthcare is changing in relation to data protection and technology. Our expert Dr. Mohannad Alajlani helps us find out more about how the medical field is responding to these challenges.
In this episode we discussed the crazy new developments around digital healthcare including how Doctors can use data from smartphones and public databases in order to help their patients. Do Doctors know exactly what you're putting in your shopping cart? That's unlikely for now but in the future, Doctors may be able to use information from a patient's smartphone to determine whether their vitals are doing okay. Find out more from Dr. Mohannad Alajlani in this episode as he demystifies these developments for us.
In this episode, we find out why prevention forms a crucial part of the world of public health and why it should also be every government’s first priority. Often, people forget that hospitals are the last line of defense for someone’s health and although one may come out of the hospital alive, the intimidating costs of modern healthcare will prove to be a difficult challenge for recovering patients. Catch all this and more in this episode.
In this short segment, Dr. Amine explained to us the purpose of vaccines and how they have been able to eradicate diseases such as Polio in several areas of the world. From this we get the basic principle of prevention is better than cure. This podcast will delve deep into why this concept is so important to public health.
In this episode, we discussed different community base approaches to public health with Dr. Amine who shares his knowledge that he gained from studying medicine in Cuba. This thinking will revolutionise how we see vaccines, public policy and more.
Join us in this final part of our ‘Public Health Reimagined’ series where we ask Dr. Faisal Farooq some pertinent questions about public health and AI. We discuss possible ethical issues that may arise from using AI as well as dealing with questions addressing how the average med student can get involved with AI despite having no background in it.
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Join us in the third part of this series where today we will be showing you the power of AI simulations. What if we could track how well our social distancing is working based on using predictive models? Find out in this episode using this link to access it on all platforms including anchor: https://linktr.ee/SparkPulsePodcast
Is this straight out of the ‘terminator’? Hear from Dr. Faisal Farooq as he tells us about the importance of AI in public health in the second part of this series. In this episode we discuss how AI has been used to make Bionic arms more efficient while also discussing the major ease AI has brought into public health by helping to predict what diseases patients might be at risk of contracting before they even have symptoms.
Join us in this episode as we unpack how AI is revolutionising public healthcare, specifically taking a look at how we can use environmental, social and traditional medical data from patients to recommend the best treatment.
Our guest today is Dr. Faisal Farooq. He is a Principal Scientist and leads the Digital Health group within the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) at HBKU. Faisal is an established research leader with over 15 years of experience in applying machine learning in the healthcare domain, managing large research teams with multimillion dollar R&D portfolios.
Dr. Arfan Ahmad is a software engineer that has worked on numerous world renowned projects that involve AI and the world of healthcare. Here we ask the difficult questions about the role of Doctors in a world where technology is becoming more sophisticated.
Hear from Dr. Alaa Abdulrazaq about his groundbreaking projects that aim to tackle issues that range from assisting youth with mental health conditions to helping others in being able to design AI that will in turn improve healthcare.
Dr. Jens Schneider educates us today on the role of AI in assisting healthcare researchers by creating visual models of their data. We also take a critical look at how algorithms in AI should be viewed in relation to ethics.
Join us on the Spark Pulse podcasts where we welcome Dr. Tanvir Alam to discuss how AI sequencing is changing how we use DNA in the field of medicine and what this means for the everyday person.
In our first ever episode of the Spark Pulse podcast, we brought on Dr. Zubair Shah, a specialist in researching AI and how it affects the realm of healthcare. We zeroed in on the advantages that AI brings us, especially in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.