Speaker "Ayin Vala" Details Back
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Name
Ayin Vala
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Company
Foundation For Precision Medicine
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Designation
Chief Data Scientist
Topic
Predicting Alzheimer’s Disease With Machine Learning
Abstract
Every day we see examples of the impact of machine learning and artificial intelligence in transportation, information technology, finance, and other sectors. However, the transformative impact has not been fully realized in medicine and especially personalized medicine. Computing has become very powerful and analytics algorithms have become smart enough to spot patterns in patient characteristics and treatments to provide discovery. Complex disease processes like Alzheimer’s Disease cannot be cured by pharmaceutical or genetic sciences alone and current treatments and therapies lead to mixed successes. By introducing more data-driven investigation we can take into account individual variability in medicine intake, lifestyle, and genetic factors for each person and use the power of big data and artificial intelligence to treat challenging diseases. This talk will highlight few of our machine learning projects in personalized medicine, leading to better care for patients and saving cost for hospitals. The focus will be on a project funded by National Institute of Health, that would help identify Alzheimer’s Disease patients at high risk of hospitalization, using medication regimens, comorbidities, risk factors, and care programs.