Medical, health, & genomics
Accelerating discoveries in medicine, health, and genomics through advances in computing, AI, and data science.
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Research talk: CitizenEndo: Patient-centered endometriosis research
Endometriosis is an enigmatic condition, estimated to affect 10 percent of women of reproductive age. There is a dearth of data about the disease, and the current biomedical characterization does not align with patients’ symptoms. In…
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Research talk: Research and application of AI in Healthcare
Artificial intelligence (AI) applications are booming in the Healthcare industry—in research and development (R&D), pre-diagnosis, clinical practice, and disease management. Some examples of their use in R&D include virtual clinical trials, identifying biomarkers, and creating…
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Research talk: Decrypting the secret of gene regulation with AI
Gene regulation leads to the creation of different cell types that contain different gene expression profiles from the same genome sequence. This process is essential for cellular differentiation, morphogenesis, and normal functioning of tissues. Despite…
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Opening remarks: Health & Life Sciences – Discovery
Microsoft is exploring and making technological advances in collaboration with our research partners and the life sciences ecosystem around the globe in healthcare, biology, biotechnology, and precision medicine. In this track, you’ll learn about these…
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Research talk: AI for drug discovery
Drug discovery is an important task with large social and business impacts. It usually takes tens of years and billions of dollars to discover a new drug. A promising and exciting direction in research involves…
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Opening remarks: Health and Life Sciences – Delivery
Research and technological developments play a huge role in combatting disparities and inequities in healthcare delivery, increasing access to quality healthcare and building capacity for health resilience at all levels of society. In this track,…
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Panel: The role of technology in decreasing health inequities, improving access, and strengthening resilience
Introduction: Vikram Dendi, Chief Product Officer, Microsoft Health Futures Chris White, Managing Director, Microsoft Research & Incubations Moderator: Desmond Creary, Regional Leader, Microsoft Healthcare Speakers: Reverend Bobby Baker, Chief Community Engagement Officer, Christ Community Health…
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Biomedical Imaging
We are exploring how novel signal processing techniques and AI can allow us to produce images from less data than is currently required.