AI and the Future of Health with Joelle Barral

[Mindy]

Google DeepMind
May 8, 2025

In this episode, Professor Hannah Fry interviews Joelle Barral, Senior Director of Research at Google DeepMind, about AI in healthcare. They discuss existing AI applications including image analysis for diabetic retinopathy and the expansion of diagnostic tools as a result of multi-modal models. The conversation highlights AI's potential to improve healthcare delivery, personalize treatment, expand access worldwide, and ultimately, bring back the joy of practicing medicine.

Timecodes
00:00 Intro
04:35 Diagnosis and medical imaging
08:00 New gold standard
11:14 Multimodality and sound
15:15 Who makes the call?
16:13 Holistic view
21:00 Data points
25:28 Patient experience
27:45 AIME
29:41 Physician in your family
33:24 Future for medical professionals
40:11 Hannah's thoughts