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The Innovation Forum AI Podcast

Oliver Morgan 18 Episodes Oct 24, 2025

The Innovation Forum AI Podcast examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping public health, from early outbreak detection to health communication and smarter response strategies. Each episode is grounded in real-world practice and highlights the opportunities and challenges that matter most for global preparedness. It is aimed at public health professionals, including policymakers and technical specialists, who want to apply AI tools to concrete public health problems. The show is hosted by Oliver Morgan, a global health executive with over 25 years of experience in pandemic preparedness and response at the WHO and the US CDC.

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Making Sense of AI and the Opportunities for Public Health Oct 24, 2025 43:45 🎙️ Episode Title Making Sense of AI and the Opportunities for Public Health --- 🧠 Episode Summary In this episode of The Innovation Forum AI Podcast, Oliver Morgan speaks with Dr. Kene David Nwosu, Epidemiologist and Data Scientist at the University of Geneva’s Institute for Global Health and co-founder of The Graph Courses, a non-profit initiative teaching AI and data science for health prof

Public Health through the Lens of AI and Population Dynamics Nov 8, 2025 38:36 🎙️ Episode Title Public Health through the Lens of AI and Population Dynamics --- 🧠 Episode Summary In this episode of *The Innovation Forum AI Podcast*, Oliver Morgan speaks with Gautam Prasad, Software Engineer at Google Research, whose work focuses on geospatial machine learning and the Population Dynamics Foundation Model — a new AI framework designed to fill data gaps and improve populat

AI-Driven Behavioral Simulation for Better Public Health Decisions Nov 24, 2025 52:42 🎙️ Episode Title AI-Driven Behavioral Simulation for Better Public Health Decisions --- 🧠 Episode Summary In this episode of The Innovation Forum AI Podcast, Oliver Morgan speaks with Dr. Serina Chang, Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley, whose work blends AI, human behavior, and public health. Serina explains how mobility data, search logs, and generative AI can uncover how people actually be

Democratizing AI Talent for Real-World Problem Solving Dec 6, 2025 38:17 🎙️ Episode Title Democratizing AI Talent for Real-World Problem Solving --- 🧠 Episode Summary In this episode of The Innovation Forum AI Podcast, Oliver Morgan speaks with Celina Lee, CEO and Co-Founder of Zindi, the largest platform for data scientists and AI developers across Africa. Celina describes how Zindi connects a growing pool of young talent with real-world problems through artifici

Human–AI Collaboration for Early Outbreak Detection Dec 21, 2025 49:28 🎙️ Episode Title Human–AI Collaboration for Early Outbreak Detection --- 🧠 Episode Summary In this episode of The Innovation Forum AI Podcast, Oliver Morgan speaks with Yannis Paschalidis, Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Director of the Hariri Institute for Computing at Boston University, about how artificial intelligence is reshaping public health decision-making. Yannis explains h

Clinical AI, Equity, and Preparedness in Resource-Limited Health Systems Jan 21, 2026 32:32 🎙️ Episode Title Clinical AI, Equity, and Preparedness in Resource-Limited Health Systems --- 🧠 Episode Summary In this episode of The Innovation Forum AI Podcast, Oliver Morgan speaks with Dr. Zainab Samad, Chair of the Department of Medicine and Director of the Health Data Science Center at Aga Khan University in Pakistan. Zainab shares how artificial intelligence is being applied in real-wo

Building a Grounded Approach to AI in Public Health Surveillance Feb 4, 2026 53:39 🎙️ Episode Title Building a Grounded Approach to AI in Public Health Surveillance --- 🧠 Episode Summary In this episode of The Innovation Forum AI Podcast, Oliver Morgan speaks with Samuel Scarpino, Professor of Public Health and Health Sciences at Northeastern University, Director of AI and Life Sciences at the Institute for Experiential AI and External Professor at Santa Fe Institute, about

Putting Problem-Driven AI into Practice in a European Public Health Agency Feb 17, 2026 43:19 🎙️ Episode Title Putting Problem-Driven AI into Practice in a European Public Health Agency --- 🧠 Episode Summary In this episode of The Innovation Forum AI Podcast, Oliver speaks with Laura Espinosa, Epidemic Intelligence Expert at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), about what it really means to apply AI inside a European public health agency. Rather than startin

Using AI to Strengthen Infectious Disease Surveillance Systems Mar 3, 2026 41:12 🎙️ Episode Title Using AI to Strengthen Infectious Disease Surveillance Systems --- 🧠 Episode Summary In this episode of The Innovation Forum AI Podcast, Oliver Morgan speaks with Swapnil Mishra, from the National University of Singapore (NUS). Swapnil explains how AI and infectious disease modelling can move beyond academic exercises and become embedded within real public health workflows. Dr

AI, Genomics, and the Future of Public Health Surveillance Mar 18, 2026 43:41 🎙️ Episode Title AI, Genomics, and the Future of Public Health Surveillance --- 🧠 Episode Summary In this episode of The Innovation Forum AI Podcast, Oliver Morgan speaks with Túlio de Lima Campos, Bioinformatics Core Facility Coordinator at Fiocruz in Brazil. Túlio explains how combining genomic sequencing with artificial intelligence is transforming what public health surveillance can see an

AI, qualitative data, and the case for statistical rigour May 7, 2026 47:59 🎙️ Episode Title AI, qualitative data, and the case for statistical rigour --- 🧠 Episode Summary In this episode of The Innovation Forum AI Podcast, Oliver Morgan speaks with Adam Kucharski, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Co-Founder of WholeSum. Drawing on decades of experience working with messy, incomplete data — from cont

Beyond the Genome: Tracking Climate-Driven Epidemic Risk with AI May 20, 2026 45:09 🎙️ Episode Title Beyond the Genome: Tracking Climate-Driven Epidemic Risk with AI --- 🧠 Episode Summary In this episode of The Innovation Forum AI Podcast, Oliver Morgan speaks with Houriiyah Tegally, Associate Professor and Head of Data Science at the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI), Stellenbosch University. Drawing on her work tracking viral pathogens across Africa — inc

African Data for African Health: Building the AI Foundations the Continent Needs Jun 4, 2026 50:04 🎙️ Episode Title African Data for African Health: Building the AI Foundations the Continent Needs --- 🧠 Episode Summary In this episode, Oliver Morgan speaks with Agnes Kiragga, Head of the Data Science Program at the African Population and Health Research Center in Nairobi, Kenya. Drawing on over two decades of experience building data systems and leading large-scale multi-country initiatives

From Genomes to Governance: Lessons from India on Building AI-Ready Public Health Systems Jun 20, 2026 48:38 🎙️ Episode Title From Genomes to Governance: Lessons from India on Building AI-Ready Public Health Systems --- 🧠 Episode Summary In this episode of The Innovation Forum AI Podcast, Oliver Morgan speaks with Anurag Agrawal, Professor and Dean of Biosciences and Health Research at Ashoka University in New Delhi. A physician-scientist with deep experience in respiratory biology, genomics, and dat

What Good AI Governance for Public Health Actually Requires Jul 6, 2026 48:22 🎙️ Episode Title What Good AI Governance for Public Health Actually Requires --- 🧠 Episode Summary Anne Makena has spent nearly a decade building equitable research partnerships between Oxford and African institutions, co-creating the African AI Governance Index, and launching Research Alpha to strengthen the evidence base behind AI investment in health. In this episode she brings all of that

The Quiet Infrastructure Behind Responsible AI in Health Sep 10, 2026 58:03 🎙️ Episode Title The Quiet Infrastructure Behind Responsible AI in Health --- 🧠 Episode Summary Eric Sutherland leads the OECD's work on AI in health, drawing on years of experience in health data governance that began with leading Canada's pan-Canadian health data strategy. In this episode, he brings that experience to a single question: what does it actually take to move AI in health from ex

The Latin American Case for Rethinking AI in Public Health Sep 25, 2026 49:30 🎙️ Episode Title The Latin American Case for Rethinking AI in Public Health --- 🧠 Episode Summary Oliver Morgan speaks with Zulma Cucunubá. Drawing on years of work in data analytics and mathematical modelling across vector-borne diseases, vaccine-preventable diseases, and the COVID-19 pandemic, Zulma walks through where she sees AI genuinely adding value for public health in the region, and w

The many forces behind good public health AI Oct 9, 2026 47:12 🎙️ Episode Title The many forces behind good public health AI --- 🧠 Episode Summary Oliver Morgan speaks with Dr Danil Mikhailov, Chairman of Mantis NLP and co-founder of the Institute for Community AI Research (I-CAIR). Drawing on his years as the first Head of Data & Innovation at the Wellcome Trust and later as CEO of data.org, Danil walks through where AI is already changing the back offic

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