Chris Holmes | AI, Digital Health, & The Alan Turing Institute

Chris Holmes is Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Oxford and Programme Director for Health and Medical Sciences at The Alan Turing Institute. Chris’ research interests include Bayesian nonparametrics (which is the right kind of nonparametrics), statistical machine learning, genomics, and genetic epidemiology. 0:00 - Intro 1:38 - Chris Holmes, Professor of Biostatistics at Oxford University 3:28 - UK Biobank & designing a valuable dataset 8:42 - Healthcare charities in the UK 11:16 - Digital Health: prioritizing research questions 19:55 - Bayes, nonparametrics, and Bayesian nonparametrics 23:30 - Model prediction is at the heart of Bayesian inference 28:00 - Prioritization in model building for biology 33:09 - Model constraints to generate valid inference 37:34 - Hypothesis driven science in statistical learning versus deep learning 43:30 - Developing models in genomics & clinical informatics 48:37 - Building stable, generalizable and robust models 52:41 - Important questions to think about  54:05 - Causal reasoning and clinical risk prediction 57:50 - What topic should the statistical community debate?