Alice Zhang (Verge Genomics) - When DNA Meets AI

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Video Series

English - February 27, 2019 08:39 - 50 minutes - 2.88 MB Video - ★★★★ - 16 ratings
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Midway through a M.D./Ph.D program at UCLA, Alice Zhang made a discovery that she felt could reverberate far beyond the halls of academia. So she shifted directions, leaving her Ph.D program to found Verge Genomics, a biomedical firm that aims to unite genetic research and artificial intelligence in service of drug discovery. She describes how AI can revolutionize the drug discovery process, and reframes risk-taking as a simple series of optimistic next steps.