Inaugural Lecture Julia Vogt

Machine learning and medicine: a challenging symbiosis

Julia Vogt, professor for medical data science at the ETH Zurich, laid out the opportunities and challenges of machine learning and medicine. At The LOOP Zurich Julia Vogt is a group member of the research consortia StimuLOOP.

Recording of Julia Vogt's Inaugural Lecture

Can computer models support medical doctors in their decision-making processes? Yes, according to Julia Vogt. Her and her team developed several computer-based models, that have been implemented into medical practice. Julia Vogt mentions for example a model for the early detection of jaundice in babies or one that by visualization supports the detection of heart defects in newborns.

Modern medicine produces tremendous amounts of data. Machine learning is key for being able to process these often heterogenous data and can significantly contribute to personalized patient care.

It is the aim of The LOOP Zurich to advance such translational and interdisciplinary research collaboration and to develop new treatment methods for the good of the patients.