Privilege to speak at the #Trauma2030, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, followed by the great honor of receiving the #Faculty #Award!

@collegeofsurgeons.bsky.social, @londonambulance.nhs.uk, @qmulfmd.bsky.social @qmulse.bsky.social

What an honour! It was truly a privilege to meet His Majesty King Charles III at a reception for leaders and creatives. I also had a great conversation with Prime Minister Starmer, who recalled his time at Queen Mary University of London. An absolutely memorable evening!

The study suggests a drop in skill over just three months. This is a very short period, especially for clinicians with over 27 years of experience on average. It raises the question of whether a true loss of skill could happen so quickly or there were other factors which the study did not measure

The number of colonoscopies performed nearly doubled after the AI tool was introduced, going from 795 to 1382. It’s possible that this sharp increase in workload, rather than the AI itself, could have led to a lower detection rate. 2/3

@erictopol.bsky.social while the possibility exists, there are several reasons to be cautious about concluding that AI alone is causing a deskilling effect in clinicians. The study’s findings might be influenced by other factors @natashaloder.bsky.social @qmulse.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social 1/3

It is critically important to thoroughly evaluate AI models, going beyond the usual performance tests (such as AUC). We need to watch out for unexpected "shortcuts" models might take, as they could pop up when we least expect them and can lead to unfair or biased care.

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This ability of AI models creates a significant concern for fair medical decisions, especially since vital signs are fundamental in healthcare. If AI can pick up on these subtle differences linked to ethnicity, it might accidentally make existing health inequalities worse.

This was true, even when we control for things like a person's age, gender, why they were admitted to the hospital, or how serious their illness is.

AI #algorithms can infer patients’ #ethnicity from #vital #signs alone!

We’ve shown that AI algorithms can figure out patients' ethnicity just by looking at four basic vital signs: heart rate, breathing rate, oxygen levels, and blood pressure.

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POST-DOC OPPORTUNITY 📢 📢 📢

I am looking for a #PostDoc in #Foundation #Models based on #Multimodal, #Multiscale #clinical data.
A #unique #opportunity to collaborate with the world-leading institutions in UK and US, at a top ranked University for research!

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Thanks very much for the kind words @qmulse.bsky.social !

It was great to discuss our work on #delirium #risk prediction in #critical #care at the #Royal #London #Hospital. I also spoke about the trade-off between clinical utility and model performance. More info: doi.org/10.1093/jami...
@qmulse.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social Organised by ACCESS London

Only 9% of >105,000 people with 30-years of follow-up reached age 70 without chronic diseases.
Our diet and healthy aging, a review of the new report @naturemedicine.bsky.social this week, and placing it in context
erictopol.substack.com/p/our-diet-a...

Part of my Inaugural Lecture titled "From code to bedside: A journey towards realising Generalist Clinical AI"

The gut microbiome signature from different diets in 20,000 individuals. Red meat intake correlated with reduced cardiometabolic health; the opposite for plant-based foods or in omnivores with enriched plant-based intake
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

You should have experience with methods such as Autoencoders, GANs or Diffusion Models. Knowledge of clinical data is an advantage.

This is a unique opportunity to collaborate with the world-leading institutions both in London as well as USA, in one of the top ranked Universities for research.

POST DOC OPPORTUNITY 📢 📢 📢

I am looking for a Post-Doc in Generative AI and related areas to join my lab at Queen Mary University of London, within the Digital Environment Research Institute (DERI).
Deadline: 8 December 2024
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