S1 Ep4: Leveraging Tech to Apply New Biomedical Discoveries — featuring Lloyd Minor of Stanford Medicine

The academic environment is ideal for innovation, while tech companies excel at scaling solutions. But somewhere in the handoff between academia and industry, things seem to break down. How can we learn to collaborate in a seamless way? A way that allows us to apply the best technology and translate biomedical discoveries into new diagnostics or therapeutics?

Dr. Lloyd Minor is the scientist, surgeon and academic leader who serves as Dean at Stanford Medicine. Under his leadership, Stanford has established a strategic vision to lead the biomedical revolution in Precision Health, with a focus on keeping people healthy and providing care that is tailored to the individual. Before coming to Stanford in 2012, Dean Minor served as provost and SVP for academic affairs at The Johns Hopkins University, where he launched a number of university-wide initiatives to support pedagogical innovation. His book, “Discovering Precision Health: Predict, Prevent, and Cure to Advance Health and Well-Being” is available this March.

On this episode of HLTH Matters, Dean Minor joins Dr. Kuku to discuss how technology can be an enabler rather than a barrier to doctor-patient interaction and share Stanford’s work around restoring joy to the practice of medicine. He weighs in on precision medicine, explaining how we can use genomics and data science to improve diagnostic accuracy and why data interoperability is crucial in democratizing health. Listen in for Dean Minor’s insight around the opportunity we have to address the social, behavioral and environmental determinants of health and learn how academia and industry can collaborate to translate biomedical discoveries to new diagnostics or therapeutics—and deliver at scale.

Topics Covered

Tech as an enabler (not a barrier) between patients and physiciansRestoring the joy and meaningfulness to the practice of medicineThe three components of resilience for medical professionalsUsing genomics + data science to predict, prevent and cure diseaseThe goal of precision health to improve accuracy in diagnosisTranslating biomedical discoveries to diagnostics + therapeuticsWhy data interoperability is crucial in democratizing healthHow academia is ideal for innovation but not for scaling solutionsThe inefficiency of the handoff from academia to industryThe social, behavioral and environmental determinants of healthDean Minor’s commitment to apply the best of tech to healthcare
 

Connect with Dean Minor

Dean Minor at Stanford

Dean Minor on LinkedIn

 

Connect with Dr. Kuku

HLTH Conference

Dr. Kuku on LinkedIn

Dr. Kuku on Twitter

 

Resources

Stanford’s WellMD Program

National Health Service

Nature Article on Skin Lesion Diagnoses

The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America by Margaret O’Mara

Discovering Precision Health: Predict, Prevent, and Cure to Advance Health and Well-Being by Lloyd B. Minor and Matthew Rees