Best Researchers across the Microsoft research community Podcasts (2025)

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Stranger Things 5.1 - Spoiler Alert Galore 1:11:44

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I can't stress this enough: This is a SPOILER ALERT episode. A CrossTheStreams Media Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ideas: Community building, machine learning, and the future of AI 56:24

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As the Women in Machine Learning Workshop (WiML) marks its 20th annual gathering, cofounders, friends, and collaborators Jenn Wortman Vaughan and Hanna Wallach reflect on WiML’s evolution, navigating the field of ML, and their work in responsible AI. Show notesBy Researchers across the Microsoft research community

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The Big Beautiful Maze of Health Policy and Innovation 32:28

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From being at the center of some of the most significant shifts in U.S. healthcare policy over the past two decades, Liz Fowler can offer valuable perspective in uncertain times. In her most recent government role, Liz served as director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), an organization she helped create a decade earlier. A…

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Lessons from Public Sector Leadership: Former CMS Administrator and FDA Commissioner, Dr. Mark McClellan 48:10

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Dr. Mark McClellan has served as a Member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). But his experiences before, and accomplishments following these leadership roles at the highest levels of government health p…

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Ideas: More AI-resilient biosecurity with the Paraphrase Project 52:10

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Microsoft’s Eric Horvitz and guests Bruce Wittmann, Tessa Alexanian, and James Diggans discuss the Paraphrase Project—a red-teaming effort that exposed and secured a biosecurity vulnerability in AI-driven protein design. The work offers a model for addressing AI’s dual-use risks. Show notesBy Researchers across the Microsoft research community

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Emerging Technologies (Part 3): Microsoft’s Chief Architect for Health on the Saga of Interoperability and AI 48:06

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Dr. Josh Mandel says his first love was software. But on a whim, while studying computer science and software engineering at MIT, he took a course that opened his eyes to the world of medicine and genetics. It changed the trajectory of his career away from software – but only temporarily. He entered medical school after earning a bachelor’s degree …

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Mom, why did you get divorced? 39:57

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Bella and her Mom make a return to the podcast after the very first episode! With divorce now a weight on two generations, Bella's mom talks about some of the sacrifices, challenges, regrets, and the decisions that had to be made, which at the time were hard but ultimately proved exactly what was needed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m…

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Coauthor roundtable: Reflecting on healthcare economics, biomedical research, and medical education 1:18:19

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For the series finale, Peter Lee, Carey Goldberg, and Dr. Zak Kohane compare their predictions to insights from the series’ most recent guests, including experts on AI’s economic and societal impact, leaders in AI-driven medicine, and doctors in training. Show notesBy Researchers across the Microsoft research community

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Emerging Technologies (Part 2): Past, Present & Future of Healthcare Interoperability with HTD Health's Brendan Keeler 49:12

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Brendan Keeler’s path into healthcare interoperability has been anything but straightforward. After early stints implementing Epic in the U.S. and Europe, he helped hundreds of startups connect to provider and payer systems at Redox, Zus Health and Flexpa before taking the reins of the Interoperability Practice at HTD Health. Along the way, his Hea…

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Reimagining healthcare delivery and public health with AI 1:15:35

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Former Washington State Secretary of Health Dr. Umair Shah and Mayo Clinic CEO Dr. Gianrico Farrugia explore how healthcare leaders are approaching AI when it comes to public health, care delivery, the healthcare-research connection, and the patient experience. Show notesBy Researchers across the Microsoft research community

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Polite and Respectful Rejections Sound Like This Guy 45:22

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Bella is literally in the middle of a text conversation to "break up" with a Tinder guy whom she has never met in person, and writes her final text to close the chapter. What followed was a phone call, text, three voice notes, and then a final text. Still, all respectful and appreciated, but it does show sometimes how difficult it may be for some t…

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Navigating medical education in the era of generative AI 1:16:03

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Next-generation physicians Morgan Cheatham and Daniel Chen discuss how generative AI is transforming medical education, exploring how students and attending physicians integrate new tools while navigating questions on trust, training, and responsibility. Show notesBy Researchers across the Microsoft research community

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AI Testing and Evaluation: Reflections 29:00

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In the series finale, Amanda Craig Deckard returns to examine what Microsoft has learned about testing as a governance tool. She also explores the roles of rigor, standardization, and interpretability in testing and what’s next for Microsoft’s AI governance work. Show notes: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/podcast/ai-testing-and-evaluation…

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Emerging Technologies (Part 1): Inside Perspectives from Epic’s Seth Hain 49:02

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Seth Hain has spent two decades at Epic, watching the electronic health record evolve from digital filing cabinet to care-delivery platform. Now he thinks the entire stack of software is being re-imagined, only this time it isn’t mobile or cloud driving the change, but generative AI. In a conversation with Keith Figlioli, Hain explains how new tool…

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AI Testing and Evaluation: Learnings from cybersecurity 34:58

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Drawing on his previous work as the UK’s cybersecurity chief, Professor Ciaran Martin explores differentiated standards and public-private partnerships in cybersecurity, and Microsoft’s Tori Westerhoff examines the insights through an AI red-teaming lens. Show notesBy Researchers across the Microsoft research community

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How AI will accelerate biomedical research and discovery 1:31:08

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Daphne Koller, Noubar Afeyan, and Dr. Eric Topol, leaders in AI-driven medicine, discuss how AI is changing biomedical research and discovery, from accelerating drug target identification and biotech R&D to helping pursue the “holy grail” of a virtual cell. Show notesBy Researchers across the Microsoft research community

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AI Testing and Evaluation: Learnings from pharmaceuticals and medical devices 49:10

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Professors Daniel Carpenter and Timo Minssen explore evolving pharma and medical device regulation, including the role of clinical trials, while Microsoft applied scientist Chad Atalla shares where AI governance stakeholders might find inspiration in the fields. Show notesBy Researchers across the Microsoft research community

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AI Testing and Evaluation: Learnings from genome editing 34:30

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In this episode, Alta Charo, emerita professor of law and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, joins Sullivan for a conversation on the evolving landscape of genome editing and its regulatory implications. Drawing on decades of experience in biotechnology policy, Charo emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between hazards and ris…

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What the F is a Pay Pig? 54:36

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On this episode, we travel down the rabbit hole to explore the world of pay pigs and financial domination, including the psychological dynamics, ethical considerations, and societal perceptions surrounding these kinks. We eventually found ourselves building an AI character on an NSFW website to ask her about the possibility of World War 3. Hosted o…

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AI Testing and Evaluation: Learnings from Science and Industry 20:04

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In the introductory episode of this new series, host Kathleen Sullivan and Senior Director Amanda Craig Deckard explore Microsoft’s efforts to draw on the experience of other domains to help advance the role of AI testing and evaluation as a governance tool.By Researchers across the Microsoft research community

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How a Tech-Minded CEO Sees the Future: CareFirst’s Brian D. Pieninck on Medicare, Medicaid & the AI-Driven Inflection Point in Healthcare 45:17

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Brian D. Pieninck didn’t take a conventional path to healthcare leadership. He started his career as an 18-year-old IT contractor and spent two decades working across the industry before becoming President and CEO of CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield. He now also serves as Chair of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, bringing both local and nati…

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The AI Revolution in Medicine, Revisited: How AI is reshaping the future of healthcare and medical research 43:09

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Technologists Bill Gates and Sébastien Bubeck discuss the state of generative AI in medicine, how access to “medical intelligence” might help empower people across healthcare, and how AI’s accelerating improvements are likely to affect both delivery and discovery.By Researchers across the Microsoft research community

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What AI's impact on individuals means for the health workforce and industry 1:18:42

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Ethan Mollick and Azeem Azhar, thought leaders at the forefront of AI’s influence on work, education, and society, discuss the impact of AI at the individual level and what that means for the healthcare workforce and the organizations and systems in medicine.By Researchers across the Microsoft research community

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Abstracts: Zero-shot models in single-cell biology with Alex Lu 14:29

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The emergence of foundation models has sparked interest in applications to single-cell biology, but when tested in zero-shot settings, they underperform compared to simpler methods. Alex Lu shares insights on why more research on AI models is needed in biological applications. Show notesBy Researchers across the Microsoft research community

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Stranger Things 5.1 - Spoiler Alert Galore 1:11:44

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Ideas: Community building, machine learning, and the future of AI 56:24

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The Big Beautiful Maze of Health Policy and Innovation 32:28

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Lessons from Public Sector Leadership: Former CMS Administrator and FDA Commissioner, Dr. Mark McClellan 48:10

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Ideas: More AI-resilient biosecurity with the Paraphrase Project 52:10

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Emerging Technologies (Part 3): Microsoft’s Chief Architect for Health on the Saga of Interoperability and AI 48:06

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Mom, why did you get divorced? 39:57

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Coauthor roundtable: Reflecting on healthcare economics, biomedical research, and medical education 1:18:19

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Emerging Technologies (Part 2): Past, Present & Future of Healthcare Interoperability with HTD Health's Brendan Keeler 49:12

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Reimagining healthcare delivery and public health with AI 1:15:35

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Polite and Respectful Rejections Sound Like This Guy 45:22

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Navigating medical education in the era of generative AI 1:16:03

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AI Testing and Evaluation: Reflections 29:00

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Emerging Technologies (Part 1): Inside Perspectives from Epic’s Seth Hain 49:02

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AI Testing and Evaluation: Learnings from cybersecurity 34:58

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How AI will accelerate biomedical research and discovery 1:31:08

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AI Testing and Evaluation: Learnings from pharmaceuticals and medical devices 49:10

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AI Testing and Evaluation: Learnings from genome editing 34:30

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What the F is a Pay Pig? 54:36

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AI Testing and Evaluation: Learnings from Science and Industry 20:04

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How a Tech-Minded CEO Sees the Future: CareFirst’s Brian D. Pieninck on Medicare, Medicaid & the AI-Driven Inflection Point in Healthcare 45:17

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The AI Revolution in Medicine, Revisited: How AI is reshaping the future of healthcare and medical research 43:09

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What AI's impact on individuals means for the health workforce and industry 1:18:42

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Abstracts: Zero-shot models in single-cell biology with Alex Lu 14:29