Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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.
Further reading:
MedGemini: https://research.google/blog/advancing-medical-ai-with-med-gemini/
AMIE: https://research.google/blog/from-diagnosis-to-treatment-advancing-amie-for-longitudinal-disease-management/
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
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Thanks to everyone who made this possible, including but not limited to:
Presenter: Professor Hannah Fry
Series Producer: Dan Hardoon
Editor: Rami Tzabar
Commissioner & Producer: Emma Yousif
Music composition: Eleni Shaw
Audio engineer: Richard Courtice
Production Manager: Dan Lazard
Video Studio Production: Nicholas Duke
Video Director: Bernardo Resende
Video Editor: Bilal Merhi
Audio Engineer: Perry Rogantin
Camera and Lighting Operator: Robert Messere
Production Coordination: Zoey Roberts, Sarah Ellen Morton
Visual Identity and Design: Rob Ashley
Commissioned by Google DeepMind
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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.
Further reading:
MedGemini: https://research.google/blog/advancing-medical-ai-with-med-gemini/
AMIE: https://research.google/blog/from-diagnosis-to-treatment-advancing-amie-for-longitudinal-disease-management/
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
___
Thanks to everyone who made this possible, including but not limited to:
Presenter: Professor Hannah Fry
Series Producer: Dan Hardoon
Editor: Rami Tzabar
Commissioner & Producer: Emma Yousif
Music composition: Eleni Shaw
Audio engineer: Richard Courtice
Production Manager: Dan Lazard
Video Studio Production: Nicholas Duke
Video Director: Bernardo Resende
Video Editor: Bilal Merhi
Audio Engineer: Perry Rogantin
Camera and Lighting Operator: Robert Messere
Production Coordination: Zoey Roberts, Sarah Ellen Morton
Visual Identity and Design: Rob Ashley
Commissioned by Google DeepMind
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Subscribe to our channel youtube.com/@googledeepmind
Find us on X twitter.com/GoogleDeepMind
Follow us on Instagram instagram.com/googledeepmind
Add us on Linkedin linkedin.com/company/deepmind
