Exploring Unconventional Paths in Medicine and Clinical Trials

Dr Jan Brauner is a PhD candidate in the Centre for Doctoral Training on Intelligent and Autonomous Machines and Systems (AIMS CDT), and a member of the Future of Humanity Institute DPhil Scholars program. His current research interests include AI safety, applications of AI in medicine and biomedical research, and clinical research on cognitive enhancement. Before his DPhil, Jan studied medicine in Germany and worked as a research assistant in neuroscience, immunology and global health. We were really excited to chat to him about his work in AI and machine learning in Medicine, clinical trials and more!

Resources: 

• Future of Humanity Institute  - research institute in Oxford, see here 
• Longtermism - an ethnical stance mentioned in the podcast, check out the wikipedia page here and are loads of other great intros online