S9 Ep9: Joseph DeSimone's Big Idea: Medical Innovation through Precision Manufacturing

In this episode of the Big Ideas series, Dean Lloyd Minor welcomes Joseph DeSimone, PhD, professor of translational medicine and of chemical engineering at Stanford University, for a conversation about how advances in materials science and precision manufacturing are opening new frontiers in medicine. They explore DeSimone's pioneering innovations in polymer-based drug delivery, biodegradable stents, digitally fabricated dentures, high-speed 3D printing, and microneedle patches that could improve vaccine delivery and enable new forms of liquid biopsy. They also discuss the promise of AI to integrate molecular diagnostics and other health data, helping to make precision health more actionable and widely accessible.