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brandonb
9,313karma·1,335submissions·January 17, 2011
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Data for good.
Co-Founder at Empirical Health (https://empirical.health). Don't die of heart disease.
Before: Co-Founder @ Cardiogram (ML for heart health)
CTO at Sift Science (YC S11, machine learning to fight fraud)
Data Science @ UCSF Cardiology
HealthCare.gov rescue team
Google (Android speech recognition, search ads ML)
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(OP here) Happy to answer questions!
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Very sad news. :(
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Right now lots of good health companies hiring, including my own (Empirical). https://www.workatastartup.com/ lets you filter YC companies to see health startups, by stage and locatio…
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IMO, there's an interesting opportunity for AI to make healthcare deflationary. For example, Medicare is launching a new program in July that pays a fixed rate for achieving defined outcomes, lik…
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It's pretty well-established science now that vitamin D is a hormone, not a true vitamin. Vitamin D binds a nuclear receptor that regulates roughly 1,000 to 2,000 genes (5-10% of the human genome…
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TARGET-D is an in-progress study that supplements vitamin D based on blood levels (your idea).
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Another more recent trial (TARGET-D) is showing a 52% reduction in heart attack risk: https://www.empirical.health/blog/vitamin-d-heart/ That trial used a dynamically-adjus…
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Biggest changes in the new guidelines from the American Heart Association / American College of Cardiology: - Universal Lp(a) testing recommended for everyone - Lp(a) is the strongest heredit…