Episode 99

Episode 97: Dr Ralf Huss - Immunology and Precision Cancer Medicine

Jan 31, 2022

52:24

Episode Description

Today my guest is Pathologist Dr Ralf Huss

What we discuss with Dr Huss:

His path to medicine and his initial interest in surgery
Studying immunology and transplant biology
What it was like to be in these fields as exciting new discoveries were happening
How he started working in the pharmaceutical industry and some of his job duties
The early days of image analysis in pathology and how that field has evolved
His role at the Institute for Digital Medicine, and the goals of the institute
The origin of the book Precision Cancer Medicine: Role of the Pathologist and the intended audience
How the role of the pathologist has changed in cancer medicine
The need for standardization in digital and computational pathology
Tumor heterogeneity and tumor microenvironment, and why these concepts are important

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