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brandonb

9,815 karma · joined January 17, 2011

Data for good.

Co-Founder at Empirical Health (https://empirical.health). Don't die of heart disease.

Before: Co-Founder @ Cardiogram (ML for heart health)

  CTO at Sift Science (YC S11, machine learning to fight fraud)

  Data Science @ UCSF Cardiology

  HealthCare.gov rescue team

  Google (Android speech recognition, search ads ML)
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Low cholesterol targets cut cardiovascular events by 33%

empirical.health·15 pts·brandonb·
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Longitudinal Changes InWearable-Captured PhysiologyBefore Sudden Cardiac Death

jacc.org·1 pts·brandonb·
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Vaccines for Cancer

jamanetwork.com·4 pts·brandonb·
0

Slack's experience being acquired by Salesforce (part one)

buildingslack.com·1 pts·brandonb·
0

Demis Hassabis shortens AGI timeline from five to two to three years

the-decoder.com·3 pts·brandonb·
3

AI analysis of CT scans finds 42.9% of patients have coronary inflammation

biograph.com·91 pts·brandonb·
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Counterintuitive facts about U.S. healthcare

halletecco.substack.com·2 pts·brandonb·
1

The anatomy of a personal health agent

nature.com·1 pts·brandonb·
0

In-Vivo CRISPR/Base-Editing "One-Shot" Therapies Targeting PCSK9

link.springer.com·9 pts·brandonb·
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Lipoprotein(a) in Disaggregated South Asian Groups

sciencedirect.com·1 pts·brandonb·
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Healthcare's Alignment Problem: A Preexisting Condition

robertwachter.substack.com·2 pts·brandonb·
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JAMA AI

jamanetwork.com·1 pts·brandonb·
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Hospitals' next lucrative bet: longevity clinics

statnews.com·2 pts·brandonb·
0

Lipid and Lipoprotein Tutorial

thomasdayspring.substack.com·2 pts·brandonb·
0

Lessons from two decades talking to parents who don't vaccinate their children

statnews.com·7 pts·brandonb·
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American Medical Association releases governance framework for agentic AI

healthcaredive.com·1 pts·brandonb·
0

Can Wearables Track Blood Pressure Without the Cuff? I Tested Them

wsj.com·1 pts·brandonb·
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World Models for Biomedicine

cell.com·1 pts·brandonb·
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Partner in multiple Google adventures (Luis Barroso)

allen.hutchison.org·3 pts·brandonb·
1

Medical World Models

arxiv.org·2 pts·brandonb·
0

Learning cardiac dynamics via action-conditioned JEPAs

arxiv.org·3 pts·brandonb·
0

Neural Dynamics as the Composition of Quantized Units

arxiv.org·2 pts·brandonb·
0

California wine glut sends premium bottles to Costco, others

latimes.com·2 pts·brandonb·
2

An open vision-language model for diverse medical applications

nature.com·5 pts·brandonb·
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Smart ring receives FDA clearance for cuffless blood pressure

insider.fitt.co·2 pts·brandonb·
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In Utah, AI Can Help You Zap Your Zits

bloomberg.com·2 pts·brandonb·
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What's Going on with Restaurant Wine Pricing?

wineenthusiast.com·2 pts·brandonb·
0

Beyond Information Asymmetry: The Changing Nature of Medical Expertise

jacc.org·1 pts·brandonb·
0

I Went from Lipid Denialist to Lipid-Lowering Advocate

irondpc.com·2 pts·brandonb·
0

Ideas for Fixing U.S. Schools, Ranked by Experts

nytimes.com·3 pts·brandonb·
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