In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, integrating cutting-edge technology with clinical practice is more crucial than ever. Fátima Rodriguez, MD, MPH, a leading expert in preventive cardiology, is at the forefront of this innovation work. On Sep. 4 at 11 a.m., Rodriguez will give the 2024 William R. and Erlyn J. Gould Lecture on Technology and the Quality of Life.
Rodriguez is an associate professor in Cardiovascular Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. In her presentation “Inclusive Innovation: Technology for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention,” Rodriguez will share exciting developments in technology aimed at better preventing heart disease in marginalized populations. She will explore how artificial intelligence, AI, is revolutionizing early detection of heart conditions and discuss the use of deep learning algorithms to measure heart health in CT scans, highlighting its potential to guide preventive treatments. Rodriguez will also explain how AI can analyze complex data to boost medication adherence and patient education. Lastly, she will address how these AI-powered solutions will be implemented in cardiac care practices, providing access for patients of all backgrounds. This session will provide valuable insights into how AI can transform patient care, improve health outcomes and address healthcare disparities.
The lecture will be held in the Gould Auditorium on the first level of the J. Willard Marriott Library. The lecture can be live-streamed via YouTube.
About the Speaker
Fátima Rodriguez, MD, MPH, is an associate professor of medicine at Stanford, section chief of preventive cardiology in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and the associate director of the Center for Digital Health, health equity. Rodriguez earned her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and her master of public health from the Harvard School of Public Health as a Zuckerman Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership. She then completed an internal medicine residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a fellowship in cardiology at Stanford before joining the faculty in 2017.
Rodriguez’s research interests include a range of topics relating to racial and ethnic disparities in guideline adherence, personalizing cardiovascular disease risk prediction and prevention and leveraging digital health tools to improve the care of patients from marginalized backgrounds. Her research group, the HEART, Health Equity Advancement through Research and Technology, lab, emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach to solving health inequities by building research collaborations with broad scientific input and stakeholders and includes over 25 active trainees.
About the Gould Lecture
The William R. and Erlyn J. Gould Distinguished Lecture on Technology and the Quality of Life was inaugurated on October 7, 1992, at the University of Utah Marriott Library. In establishing the lecture series, Bill and Erlyn Gould both recognized the critical need for continuing public education about issues regarding modern technology and its impact on our daily lives. Inherent to the advantage of technology is the importance of understanding the ramifications and responsibilities that accompany modern scientific discovery. Only through continuing public education can scientific fact and social philosophy be successfully merged. The lecture series is intended to provide a forum for the discussion of problems, issues, experiences, and successful case histories of the regeneration and preservation of our communities through the application of modern technology. It is hoped that an increased awareness of obligation in the public trust will emerge among practitioners of technology as they address the very important environmental and life-deteriorating problems facing society today.