Discovery Podcasts
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A highlight of our most recent Discovery podcasts where we chat with health tech trailblazers, rising star fellows and feature our stories of discovery.
AI Hospital; How interoperability and precision health will redefine patient care
On the Human Health, Impact and Technology webinar series on April 29th 2025, Christian Hardahl, Advisory Business Solutions Manager, EMEA Healthcare Lead at SAS
AI-powered Diagnostics
On the Human Health, Impact and Technology webinar series on April 1st 2025, Dr Andy Beck MD PhD, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at PathAI spoke to host Professor Patricia Maguire about "AI-powered Diagnostics".
Patient centric healthcare transformation
On the Human Health, Impact and Technology webinar series on March 11th 2025, Dr. Lorna Ross, Head of Department, Design & Creative Media at ATU Donegal spoke to host Professor Patricia Maguire about "Patient centric healthcare transformation"
Trials of the Future; Transforming Patient Outcomes
On the Human Health, Impact and Technology webinar series on Jan 21st 2025, Professor Peter Doran, Director of the UCD Clinical Research Centre and Professor of Clinical Trials at the UCD School of Medicine, spoke to host Professor Patricia Maguire about "Trials of the Future; Transforming Patient Outcomes".
Neuromuscular Systems and Neural Engineering
On the Human Health, Impact and Technology webinar series on 19 November 2024, Madeleine Lowery, Professor in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and the Head of Subject for Biomedical Engineering at UCD spoke to host Professor Patricia Maguire about "Neuromuscular Systems and Neural Engineering".
Automation, robots and care
On the Human Health, Impact and Technology webinar series on 15 Oct 2024, Naonori Kodate, Associate Professor in Social Policy and Social Robotics in the UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, spoke to host Professor Patricia Maguire about "Automation, robots and care"
Peak Pharma: Why the Pharmaceutical Industry has to change now
On the Human Health, Impact and Technology webinar series on 24 Sept 2024, Professor Susi Geiger, Full Professor of Markets, Organizations and Society at UCD Smurfit School of Business spoke to host Professor Patricia Maguire about "Peak Pharma: Why the Pharmaceutical Industry has to change now
Using AI and allied technologies to deliver precision endoscopy and imaging to Gastroenterology
On November 21st, 2023, the Human Health, Impact and Technology series welcomed Dr. Michael Byrne, Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at Vancouver General Hospital and the University of British Columbia, and CEO/founder of (opens in a new window)Satisfai Health.
Precision oncology and developing ‘digital twins’ of cancer patients
On September 19th, 2023, host Professor Patricia Maguire welcomed Professor Walter Kolch, Director of Systems Biology Ireland, onto the Human Health, Impact and Technology [HHIT] series. He spoke about how his ‘digital twins’ research aims to mitigate side effects of cancer treatment.
Advancing neonatal care: platelet research by Dr Daniel O’Reilly targets preterm infections
In August Dr Daniel O'Reilly moved to New York to take up a Fulbright scholarship at the University of Rochester for four months. We chat to the PhD student in the Conway Sphere research group in University College Dublin, and research registrar in the Rotunda Hospital and National Maternity Hospital about his research.
Advancing CT scan technology using 3D printed patient surrogates and AI
Irene Hernandez Giron is Assistant Professor in the School of Physics at University College Dublin. She is a medical imaging researcher interested in developing what are called anthropomorphic phantoms - 3d models used as patient surrogates to test the image quality of CT scan machines. She speaks about this and about the use of artificial intelligence in medical imaging.
The astonishing achievements - and potential - of brain-computer interfaces.
Tan Le is founder and CEO of EMOTIV, a San Francisco headquartered neuroinformatics company. An award-winning inventor and author, Le is one of the most influential women in technology. She spoke to HHIT Series host Prof Patricia Maguire on January 31st, 2023 about the astonishing achievements - and potential - of brain-computer interfaces.
The extraordinary potential of AI and machine learning in healthcare
Dr. Rai Winslow, Director of Life Sciences and Medical Research at The Roux Institute at Northeastern University, USA, spoke to HHIT series host Prof. Patricia Maguire about computational medicine and the extraordinary potential of AI and machine learning in healthcare.