Towards Web-Scale Observational Studies of Health - 2015
Explore web-scale health studies using social media analysis. Learn techniques to address confounding and selection bias, infer user attributes, and conduct observational studies beyond traditional surveillance.
Building a Live Streaming Lyme Disease Surveillance Tool Using Twitter
Explore a real-time Lyme disease surveillance dashboard using Twitter data, machine learning, and NLP techniques to enhance public health monitoring and facilitate prompt interventions during outbreaks.
Clinical Development in a Post-pandemic World - Transforming Healthcare Through Clinical Trials
Explore how clinical trials are evolving post-pandemic through digital capabilities, decentralized models, and streamlined data systems to accelerate medical research and treatment development.
COVID and Beyond: NGS Applications for Public Health Surveillance, Epidemiology and Emerging Pathogens
Explore NGS applications in public health surveillance, epidemiology, and emerging challenges, focusing on COVID-19 and future preparedness.
Emerging Microbial Threats at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface
Explore emerging infectious diseases, their factors, and global challenges. Learn about transmission routes, microbial adaptation, and strategies for prevention and response in this comprehensive lecture.
From Compassion To Research | Ava Tsapatsaris | TEDxEastchester School District
Ava Tsapatsaris explores how hospitals in New York City can embrace a plan to be more efficient and caring Ava is an Emmy Award–winning broadcast journalist and published scientific researcher. She has raised over $100,000 for cancer research, including funding a literacy and treatment room at St.
Epidemics in orbit: How space debris is going viral | Rachel Sholder | TEDxJHU
Rachel reframes the growing crisis of space debris through an unexpected lens: epidemiology. Drawing parallels between orbital collisions and the spread of infectious disease, she introduces space epidemiology, a framework that models debris cascades using public health tools like SIR models. By sho
AI, medical jargon, and the healthcare maze | Karen Komondor | TEDxOneonta
Nine out of ten U.S. adults struggle to understand health information, often leaving medical visits more confused than when they arrived. In this talk, Karen Komondor shares her simple 5-S.T.E.P. Framework that helps providers and patients build clarity, connection, and trust—transforming healthcare
Health, Happiness & the Planet | Dr. Mahendra Narayan Kabra | TEDxMoulsari Avenue Women
With 8 billion humans on Earth, rising chronic diseases, and accelerating climate change, one question becomes urgent: are our lifestyles silently destroying both our health and the planet? In this eye-opening TEDx talk, Dr. Mahendra Narayan Kabra, Chief of Lifeline Computerized Clinic & Research I
Knowledge about tuberculosis is the strongest immunity | Naranbat Nyamdavaa | TEDxKhan Uul District
This talk explains tuberculosis as a serious airborne infectious disease shaped not only by medicine but also by social, economic, and lifestyle factors. Tracing its history from scientific discovery to modern treatment, the speaker highlights global and Mongolian trends, challenges in detection, pe
Medycyna, która pozwoliła nam zapomnieć | Róża Hajkuś | TEDxKoszalin
Wystarczyło sto lat, żeby medycyna zmieniła świat tak, że o pewnych zagrożeniach wiemy już tylko z opowieści. Odkrycia nauki pozwalają nam się czuć bezpieczniej, niż kiedykolwiek. Czy jednak ten sukces jest trwały, a bezpieczeństwo gwarantowane raz na zawsze? Róża Hajkuś łączy pracę w przychodni z e
The Missing Link in Global Health | Camilo Rodriguez | TEDxRMIT Melbourne City
Currently, diseases and outbreaks are only detected when a community falls sick, but what if we could detect outbreaks before they even happen? In his talk, Camilo talks about a breakthrough technology which aims to detect pathogens in the air to stop outbreaks before they even happen. With a diver