Best Causal AI Podcasts (2024)

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Terrence Deacon: Did Mind Emerge From Matter? Origin of Life, Causal Emergence, & Descartes' Shadow 3:08:35

23h ago3:08:35

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WATCH: https://youtu.be/_Kj2OgkxGa0Terrence Deacon is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology and member of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at the University of California, Berkeley. His research combines developmental evolutionary biology and comparative neuroanatomy to investigate the evolution of human cognition, and is part…

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Coaching New Teachers 27:59

1h ago27:59

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How do instructional coaches address the mentoring concerns and needs of new teachers? Joellen Killion, senior advisor to LearningForward and international consultant to educational leaders addressing professional learning for student success, joins Steve to explore the mentoring elements of instructional coaching. They examine how instructional co…

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LECTURE: Michael Levin on Where Minds Come From: The Scaling of Collective Intelligence, AI, and You 55:25

2h ago55:25

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WATCH: https://youtu.be/aQEX-twenkA Michael Levin is a Distinguished Professor in the Biology department at Tufts University and associate faculty at the Wyss Institute for Bioinspired Engineering at Harvard University. Prof Levin holds the Vannevar Bush endowed Chair and serves as director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts and the Tufts Cente…

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#100, Enabling Personalized Medicine with Virtual Biopsies, Rajarshi Banerjee from Perspectum 35:49

25m ago35:49

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In this episode of the AWS Health Innovation Podcast, Amrita Sarkar, Principal Healthcare and Life Sciences Startups Business Development Manager at Amazon Web Services, sits down with Rajarshi Banerjee, aka 'Banjo', the CEO of Perspectum, a company revolutionizing the way we diagnose and monitor chronic diseases. Perspectum's medical imaging softw…

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David Papineau: Is the Mind Just the Brain? Materialism & the Problem with Phenomenal Consciousness 1:19:33

1h ago1:19:33

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WATCH: https://youtu.be/3WLdL5zT6eY Professor David Papineau is a British academic philosopher. He works as Professor of Philosophy of Science at King's College London and the City University of New York Graduate Center, and previously taught for several years at Cambridge University, where he was a fellow of Robinson College. He did a BSc in Mathe…

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Messages You Want Students to Hear Early & Have Reinforced Throughout the Year 12:02

2h ago12:02

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Teacher messages are foundational to building strong, positive relationships with students. These relationships are critical for creating an environment where students feel supported, motivated, and capable of achieving success. When students trust and feel connected to their teachers, they are more likely to engage deeply in their learning, take a…

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Popular Episode - Bob Nelsen on AI, China and the IRA 35:33

2h ago35:33

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This is a previously recorded episode of The BioCentury Show from February 22, 2024. Subscribe to this channel to listen to each new episode. Visit TheBioCenturyYouTube.com to access and watch all prior episodes. In a wide-ranging conversation with BioCentury, Bob Nelsen, co-founder and managing director of Arch Venture Partners, said he is excited…

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Guiding Through Change: Yourself, Teachers, and Teams 35:22

3h ago35:22

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Dr. Kim Richardson describes that change is inevitable and manageable. As coaches and school leaders we need to be competent in guiding ourselves and others during change. Kim describes the need for emotional intelligence and resilient leadership. Knowing people are unpredictable requires coaches to observe and communicate. Change is a process not …

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#99, Soothing Cries & Saving Lives with Innovative Baby Tech, Dr. Harvey Karp from Happiest Baby 31:17

30m ago31:17

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In this episode of the AWS Health Innovation Podcast, Yin He, Principal Business Development for Healthcare and Life Sciences Startups at AWS, interviews Dr. Harvey Karp, Founder and CEO of Happiest Baby, the company behind the SNOO Smart Sleeper - a robotic bassinet designed to calm fussing infants and establish healthy sleep patterns. How did Dr.…

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LECTURE: Karl Friston on Certainties and Surprises in Our Daily Lives: The Brain as a Prediction Machine 37:59

8d ago37:59

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WATCH: https://youtu.be/Gp9Sqvx4H7w Professor Karl Friston is one of the most highly cited living neuroscientists in history. He is Professor of Neuroscience at King's College London and holds Honorary Doctorates from the University of Zurich, University of York and Radboud University. He is the world expert on brain imaging, neuroscience, and theo…

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LECTURE: Keith Frankish on The Reactivity Schema Theory of Consciousness 1:50:42

8d ago1:50:42

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WATCH: https://youtu.be/IbjGRcqD96Q Keith Frankish is a Honorary Reader in Philosophy at the University of Sheffield, a Visiting Research Fellow at The Open University, & an Adjunct Professor with the Brain & Mind Programme in Neurosciences at the University of Crete. He is the author of "Mind and Supermind" & "Consciousness", as well as numerous j…

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Coaching That Explores a Web of Causality 14:05

2h ago14:05

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The term "web of causality" refers to a conceptual framework used to understand the interconnected and complex relationships among various factors that contribute to a particular outcome. The term "web" emphasizes that causes tend not to be linear or singular but are instead interwoven. How do coaches encourage multi-valent thinking that acknowledg…

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#98, Advancing Adaptive Clinical Trials with Causal ML, with Raviv Pryluk from PhaseV 37:50

1h ago37:50

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In this episode of the AWS Health Innovation Podcast, Guy Spigelman, EMEA lead for Healthcare and Life Sciences Startups at Amazon Web Services, sits down with Raviv Pryluk, CEO and Co-Founder of PhaseV, a company leveraging cutting-edge technologies like reinforcement learning and causal machine learning to revolutionize clinical trial design and …

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Consistency in Classroom Management Could Imply That One Size Fits All 21:15

22d ago21:15

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"While teachers use interventions to allow students to catch up with their learning results and use differentiation to make sure that learning tasks are appropriate, when it comes to behavior we often default to consistency as a panacea." -(Dave Whitaker) Consistency is built when students sense the teacher’s usual, expected teacher behavior. Flexi…

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Free Will, LLMs & Intelligence | Judea Pearl Ep 21 | CausalBanditsPodcast.com 55:34

17d ago55:34

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Send us a Text Message. Meet The Godfather of Modern Causal Inference His work has pretty literally changed the course of my life and I am honored and incredibly grateful we could meet for this great conversation in his home in Los Angeles To anybody who knows something about modern causal inference, he needs no introduction. He loves history, phil…

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Federico Faggin: What is the One Consciousness? Bridging the Gap between Quantum & Classical Reality 1:44:31

21d ago1:44:31

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Federico Faggin is an Italian-American physicist, engineer, inventor and entrepreneur. He is best known for designing the first commercial microprocessor, the Intel 4004. A new groundbreaking theory of consciousness proposes that qualia reside in quantum fields. Federico Faggin is one of the greatest luminaries of high technology alive today. A phy…

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Ep. 66 - Jane Grogan on Building Biogen’s Growth Engine 32:23

19d ago32:23

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As Jane Grogan anticipates the unmet needs in patients five years from now, she’s harnessing a wave of interest in targeting B cells as a key driver of an immunology expansion at Biogen. In conversation with Editor in Chief Simone Fishburn on The BioCentury Show, Grogan, who became EVP and head of research of Biogen in October, discusses how she’s …

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An AI Summit for Schools and Community 22:02

28d ago22:02

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St. Cloud School Superintendent, Laurie Putnam and director of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment, Donna Roper, share their experience hosting an AI Summit that included about 200 local and national educators, business leaders, community partners and state legislators. They considered how we should respond to make our education systems relevant t…

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#97, Preventing Adverse Drug Events at Scale, with Avishai Ben-Tovim from MDI Health 36:11

28d ago36:11

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Medication-related problems are a massive burden on healthcare systems, leading to adverse events, suboptimal treatments, and skyrocketing costs. MDI Health has developed an AI-driven pharmacology platform that autonomously optimizes personal medication regimens by analyzing thousands of pharmacological and patient parameters. Joining us today is A…

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Keith Frankish: What is Descartes' Prison? Illusionism as Intuition Pumps for Consciousness Theories 2:48:43

26d ago2:48:43

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WATCH: https://youtu.be/jTO-A1lw4JM Keith Frankish is a Honorary Reader in Philosophy at the University of Sheffield, a Visiting Research Fellow at The Open University, & an Adjunct Professor with the Brain & Mind Programme in Neurosciences at the University of Crete. He is the author of "Mind and Supermind" & "Consciousness", as well as numerous j…

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Helping Teachers See Hope and Possibilities With Their Students 29:27

20d ago29:27

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Former classroom teacher, school administrator, and district-level leader, Angie Freese, works with educators as a facilitator, coach, practitioner, and mentor. She empowers educators’ efforts to interrupt antiquated and ineffective practices that only work for some to generate sustainable growth and performance for all. Angie is the founder of the…

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#96, Unlocking Precision Health with Oculomics, with Carlos Ciller from Ikerian 42:01

26d ago42:01

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Accelerating medical decision-making with AI is the mission of Ikerian, a Swiss software company enabling healthcare teams to harmonize and analyze data at scale. In this episode of the AWS Health Innovation Podcast, Alex Merwin, Head of Growth for Healthcare and Life Science Startups at AWS, is joined by Carlos Ciller, CEO and co-founder of Ikeria…

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What Do You Want Students to Learn Through Your Classroom Management Approach? 16:04

23d ago16:04

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As the start of a new school year approaches, it’s a great time for teachers to consider how their approach to classroom management not only impacts their classroom environment for content learning but also what students learn from being part of that classroom management plan. Questions to consider as you reflect on your classroom plan are included…

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Ep. 65 - Astellas' Claus Zieler: Global Launches with Local Impact 32:27

1M ago32:27

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As Astellas prepares to launch four products in parallel, Chief Commercial Officer Claus Zieler is balancing the complexity of this multi-faceted enterprise with a simple guiding principle: it has to work at a local level, and that will change with geography, circumstance and time. In conversation with Editor in Chief Simone Fishburn on The BioCent…

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Leaders Modeling the Use of Feedback 31:10

28d ago31:10

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Zak Cohen, a highly experienced school leader with a strong belief in "leading by example," shares his process for collecting feedback from teachers regarding his leadership competency and supportiveness. He turns that feedback into a hypothesis for improvement and requests feedback on his hypothesis. In this process Zak models the curiosity and vu…

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#95, Boosting Pathologist Productivity with AI, with Joseph (Yossi) Mossel from Ibex AI 34:45

1M ago34:45

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In this episode of the AWS Health Innovation Podcast, we explore how Ibex AI is transforming cancer diagnosis with artificial intelligence. Host Guy Spigelman, EMEA lead for Healthcare and Life Sciences Startups at Amazon Web Services, sits down with Joseph (Yossi) Mossel, Co-Founder and CEO of Ibex AI, a pioneering company in AI-based cancer diagn…

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The secret to a happy summer: Seville, causality and staircases! 19:03

1M ago19:03

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We're getting excited for the summer here but before we all head off on holidays we catch up with Marianne in Spain at the European Congress of Mathematics, and Justin and Rachel in the UK having just attended some fascinating events in London and Cambridge held by the Isaac Newton Institute of Mathematical Sciences and the Newton Gateway. Marianne…

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Tony Nader: Is Consciousness All There Is? The Field of All Possibilities & The Ultimate Singularity 1:16:51

1M ago1:16:51

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WATCH: https://youtu.be/rZX7hSK8-u4 Tony Nader is a Medical Doctor trained at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD in Neuroscience), and a globally recognised Vedic Scholar. @DrTonyNader is an author and fellow podcaster, with his book titled: "One Unbounded Ocean of Consciousness" and his podcast titled: "Consciousness…

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Causal AI & Individual Treatment Effects | Scott Mueller Ep. 20 | CausalBanditsPodcast.com 54:07

1M ago54:07

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Send us a Text Message. Can we say something about YOUR personal treatment effect? The estimation of individual treatment effects is the Holy Grail of personalized medicine. It's also extremely difficult. Yet, Scott is not discouraged from studying this topic. In fact, he quit a pretty successful business to study it. In a series of papers, Scott d…

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An Educator’s Hippocratic Oath 27:49

2M ago27:49

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Robert Landau, education futurist and strategist, discusses establishing a hippocratic oath for the educators. Such a pledge would bind us to ethical, equitable, and progressive educational practices that place students' growth and welfare at the core of everything we do. "The traditional Hippocratic Oath is a pledge taken by physicians to uphold s…

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#94, Decoding Infant Cries to Enable Timely Interventions with Roberto Iannone from Zoundream 35:55

2M ago35:55

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Imagine if a baby's cries were no longer a mystery, but a window into their needs and well-being. Today we welcome Zoundream to the show, a company focused on transforming infant care through advanced cry analysis. Roberto Iannone, CEO and Founder of Zoundream, joins Alex Merwin, Head of Growth for Healthcare & Life Sciences Startups at AWS, to dis…

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Classrooms Built on Dignity, Authenticity, and Connection 26:01

2M ago26:01

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Angie Freese, author of Meant for More: Real Talk About Classrooms Built on Dignity, Authenticity, and Connection, explores her belief in educators’ potential. She supports educators to create classrooms where students can be brave, assured, and confident in their learning pathway. In this podcast she highlights authenticity, connection, curiosity,…

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On the mathematical frontline: Modelling behaviour 24:07

2M ago24:07

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How we behave can have far greater impacts than just on our own daily lives. For example who we interact with and whether we get vaccinated affects how diseases spread through the community. So if we are going to use maths to try to understand such a challenge facing society, we need to make sure we include human behaviour in our mathematical model…

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LECTURE: Hyman Schipper on Kabbalah and The Mind-Body Problem 2:10:44

2M ago2:10:44

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WATCH: https://youtu.be/9h2tWJq1yEk Dr Hyman Schipper is a Professor of Neurology and Medicine (Geriatrics) at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, a clinical neurologist at Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital and the director of a neuroscience laboratory in the hospital’s affiliated Lady Davis Institute for biomedical research. His research focus…

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E25: Nitin Seth - Mastering Data in the AI Age 1:54:55

1M ago1:54:55

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“Storytelling is not about glibness. Storytelling is not about verbosity. Storytelling is not just about your confidence or doing it though it is an important aspect of it. Storytelling is fundamentally about the clarity of what you are saying." That is Nitin Seth, Co-Founder and CEO of Incedo Inc. and author of the recent bestseller, 'Mastering th…

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Ep. 64 - NPC CEO John O’Brien: Why America Needs an Honest Conversation About Drug Pricing 33:36

2M ago33:36

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Ignorance about the path from scientific discovery to approved drugs, high out-of-pocket costs, and a byzantine healthcare system that obscures net prices while inflating list prices have fueled policies that threaten biomedical progress, John O’Brien, CEO of think tank National Pharmaceutical Council, told BioCentury. In an interview with The BioC…

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Building Teacher Growth Plans That Impact Student Success 29:44

2M ago29:44

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Tammy Jochinke, The Director of Teaching, Learning and Innovation, at the Dubai American Academy, created a process for 240 teachers to design professional growth plans based on a hypothesis from asking the question, "What do my students need me to learn?” Tammy shares the importance of focusing on student success with teacher autonomy and curiosit…

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#93, Harnessing Data to Scale Innovations, Part Five of the Health Innovation Compilation Series 59:42

2M ago59:42

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To scale health innovation, we need to take a broad view and redefine the art of the possible in Real-World Evidence, Data & Population Health. In the fifth and final episode of our Health Innovation Compilation Series, we hear from Mendel, Akrivia Health, Epistemix, Ovation, and Evidation Health, innovative companies that are transforming how we l…

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John Vervaeke: Can Science Untangle the World-Knot of Consciousness? Relevance Realization & Meaning 2:00:40

1M ago2:00:40

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John Vervaeke, Ph.D. is an award-winning Professor at the University of Toronto in the departments of Psychology, Cognitive Science, and Buddhist Psychology. He currently teaches courses in the Psychology department. He is the director of the Cognitive Science program, and the director of the Consciousness and the Wisdom Studies Laboratory. He has …

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Students Setting Goals and Developing Plans 11:53

2M ago11:53

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Students’ abilities to set goals, plan for success, and systematically collect feedback are critical to school and life success. Starting the school year teaching these processes (at all grade levels) can set the stage for increased student success throughout the year and beyond. This podcast shares important elements to build into your plans for e…

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Causal AI in Personalization | Dima Goldenberg Ep 19 | CausalBanditsPodcast.com 1:08:07

2M ago1:08:07

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Send us a Text Message. Video version of this episode is available here Causal personalization? Dima did not love computers enough to forget about his passion for understanding people. His work at Booking.com focuses on recommender systems and personalization, and their intersection with AB testing, constrained optimization and causal inference. Di…

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Ep. 63 - Day One's Jeremy Bender: Building Pediatric Oncology from the Ground Up 32:27

2M ago32:27

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Pediatric cancer drug development is difficult: it requires high levels of safety, involves parents as well as the patients, and has small populations that can make it difficult to achieve the revenues that reward the investment. Squaring that circle, according to Day One Biopharmaceuticals CEO Jeremy Bender, is not impossible, but takes a dedicate…

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Coaching From the School Improvement Plan 30:33

2M ago30:33

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Dr. Karen Johannesen, a highly experienced school leader, writer, and organizational change consultant explores the role of professional development and coaching in school improvement plans that positively impact student success. She believes that when schools support teachers with well-designed and rich professional learning, those teachers create…

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Michael Levin: What is Synthbiosis? Diverse Intelligence Beyond AI & The Space of Possible Minds 1:26:23

2M ago1:26:23

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Michael Levin is a Distinguished Professor in the Biology department at Tufts University and associate faculty at the Wyss Institute for Bioinspired Engineering at Harvard University. He holds the Vannevar Bush endowed Chair and serves as director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts and the Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology…

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Euromaths: Maryna Viazovska 11:19

2M ago11:19

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We're very excited to be going to this year's European Congress of Mathematics (ECM), which will take place in Seville, Spain, in July! We noticed that mathematicians who win one of the prizes awarded at the ECM by the European Mathematical Society quite often go on to win a Fields Medal, one of the highest honours in mathematics. So to celebrate t…

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#92, Uplifting the Clinician & Patient Experience, Part Four of the Health Innovation Compilation Series 1:02:26

2M ago1:02:26

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Think back to the last time you received healthcare, whether it was an emergency or routine checkup - how was your experience? In Part Four of our Health Innovation Compilation Series, we learn about a set of remarkable companies working to uplift the clinician and patient experience. From Aneesh Chopra, President of CareJourney, to Elad Walach, CE…

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How Fire Suppression Systems Work | Casual Coders Podcast 59:44

2M ago59:44

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In this eye-opening episode of the Casual Coders Podcast, host Chandler, along with Quentin, Ian, and special guest Seth, pull back the curtain on the often misunderstood world of fire suppression systems. Whether you're fascinated by engineering marvels, safety protocols, or just looking to gain some insider knowledge, this episode is packed with …

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Making Magical Ripples Towards a Coaching Culture 16:40

3M ago16:40

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To what extent should building coaching into the culture of the school be a desired outcome of instructional coaches’ and administrators’ responsibilities? How can an instructional coach plan for and assess progress even when administrator support or system expectations are not present? Many schools experience ongoing changes in staff and teams, wh…

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Euromaths: Artur Avila 12:11

3M ago12:11

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We're very excited to be going to this year's European Congress of Mathematics (ECM), which will take place in Seville, Spain, in July! We noticed that mathematicians who win one of the prizes awarded at the ECM by the European Mathematical Society quite often go on to win a Fields Medal, one of the highest honours in mathematics. So to celebrate t…

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#91, Transforming Clinical Trials, Part Three of the Health Innovation Compilation Series 47:33

3M ago47:33

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Reimagining clinical trials through innovation and technology. In this compilation episode, part 3 of our Health Innovation Series, we explore how Deep6 AI, CEO Wout Brusselaers, Lokavant, CEO Rohit Nambisan, and Science 37, Chief Delivery Officer Darcy Forman, are transforming the way clinical trials are conducted. How is Deep6 AI revolutionizing …

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