Inside Foresight: the NHS AI model stirring privacy debate
New Scientist - 07-May-2025A powerful new health algorithm promises early disease prediction, but raises ethical alarms
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Physician-scientist at UCL specializing in AI-driven health data research
Dr. Chris Tomlinson is a physician-scientist specializing in health data science and artificial intelligence. He serves as the UK Health Data & AI Lead at LifeArc and holds an Honorary Senior Research Fellow position at the UCL Institute of Health Informatics. With over a decade of experience in healthcare, his work bridges clinical medicine, epidemiology, and machine learning. Dr. Tomlinson's research focuses on developing AI models that integrate real-world electronic health records to enhance precision medicine and public health. He is the lead researcher behind Foresight, a groundbreaking AI model trained on de-identified NHS data from 57 million people in England, aiming to predict future health outcomes and support preventative healthcare strategies.
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Details last updated 12-May-2025
A powerful new health algorithm promises early disease prediction, but raises ethical alarms