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Live Longer with AI

By : Tina Woods
Book Image

Live Longer with AI

By: Tina Woods

Overview of this book

Live Longer with AI examines how the latest cutting-edge developments are helping us to live longer, healthier and better too. It compels us to stop thinking that health is about treating disease and start regarding it as our greatest personal and societal asset to protect. The book discusses the impact that AI has on understanding the cellular basis of aging and how our genes are influenced by our environment – with the pandemic highlighting the interconnectedness of human and planetary health. Author Tina Woods, founder and CEO of Collider Health and Collider Science, and the co-founder of Longevity International, has curated a panel of deeply insightful interviews with some of today’s brightest and most innovative thought leaders at the crossroads of health, technology and society. Read what leading experts in health and technology are saying about the book: "This is a handbook for the revolution!" —Sir Muir Gray, Director, Optimal Ageing "You can live longer and be happier if you make some changes – that is the theme of this book. Well-written and compelling." —Ben Page, CEO, Ipsos Mori "Tina's book is a must-read for those who want to discover the future of health." —José Luis Cordeiro, Fellow, World Academy of Art & Science; Director, The Millennium Project; Vice Chair, Humanity Plus; Co- Author of The Death of Death About the consultant editor Melissa Ream is a leading health and care strategist in the UK, leveraging user-driven design and artificial intelligence to design systems and support people to live healthier, longer lives.
Table of Contents (8 chapters)
Preface
7
Index

Interviews

The following interviews are with experts at the cutting edge of science, technology, and the future of medicine. Carol Routledge is an expert in digital biomarkers that may one day help us find the cause and cure for dementia; Shafi Ahmed is probably the world's best known futurist and surgeon, having live beamed the first surgery in 360 virtual reality to the world in 2016; Indra Joshi is the head of AI at the new technology arm of the NHS, and a leader in the ethics of AI; Michelle Hawkins-Collins, formerly head of Futures at Virgin, is now a gerontologist and expert in end-of-life care; and Bertalan Mesko, also known as The Medical Futurist, gives us a glimpse of what the future of medicine might look like.

Carol Routledge

CMO/CSO, Small Pharma; Former Research Director, Alzheimer's Research UK and Managing Director, Early Detection of Neurodegenerative Diseases (EDoN) global initiative

I first met Carol, who was Research Director at Alzheimer...