DataDive

In this DataDive podcast episode, Abraham interviews Dr. Nina Vasan. Dr. Vasan is the Chief Medical Officer of Real, a mental healthcare startup that raised $37 million in their Series B round. She graduated from Harvard Medical School and got her MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business. Dr. Vasan also founded the Stanford Brainstorm Lab, the first academic lab to combine disciplines of technology, medicine, and entrepreneurship to empower innovative mental healthcare solutions. In addition, she has served as a healthcare advisor to the UN and the Obama presidential campaign. Abraham and Dr. Vasan had a conversation about how Real is reshaping the traditional therapy model, the Real Pulse program that turns data into actionable insights, how chatbots can evolve to predict mental illness through AI, and much more!

In this DataDive podcast episode, Abraham interviews Dr. Nina Vasan. Dr. Vasan is the Chief Medical Officer of Real, a mental healthcare startup that raised $37 million in their Series B round. She graduated from Harvard Medical School and got her MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business. Dr. Vasan also founded the Stanford Brainstorm Lab, the first academic lab to combine disciplines of technology, medicine, and entrepreneurship to empower innovative mental healthcare solutions. In addition, she has served as a healthcare advisor to the UN and the Obama presidential campaign. Abraham and Dr. Vasan had a conversation about how she got interested in psychiatry, the eight-part framework for mental healthcare innovation that she and the Brainstorm team developed, working alongside social media companies like Pinterest to improve their algorithm design, and much more!

In this DataDive podcast episode, Abraham interviews Nick Henderson, a data scientist at Twitter. Nick got his PhD in pharmacology from Duke University, before spending time as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California San Francisco. Abraham and Nick had an extensive conversation covering topics like the mathematical models he developed while researching, skills he developed from his PhD that have made him a better data scientist, his work at Twitter, and much more!

In this DataDive podcast episode, Abraham interviews Logan Kilpatrick, a senior technology advocate at PathAI. Logan had internships at NASA and Apple, before joining Apple as a machine learning engineer. Abraham and Logan had an extensive conversation covering topics like how data science and machine learning can be integrated in healthcare, skills he has developed that have fueled his success, how Logan envisions data science evolving, and much more!

In this DataDive podcast episode, Abraham interviews Logan Kilpatrick, a senior technology advocate at PathAI. Logan had internships at NASA and Apple, before joining Apple as a machine learning engineer. Abraham and Logan had an extensive conversation covering topics like his experience landing his internships, exploring his wide-ranging intellectual interests, the vast data science and machine learning applications in the Julia language, and much more!

In this DataDive podcast episode, Abraham interviews Harpreet Sahota, who works on developer relations at Pachyderm Inc. Abraham and Harpreet had an engaging conversation covering topics like his unique journey getting into the data science field, his work mentoring over 2500 aspiring and junior-level data science professionals, his love for learning a wide-range of topics and how that has helped him as a data scientist, and much more!

In this DataDive podcast episode, Abraham interviews Benjamin Rogojan, a data science and data engineering consultant. Ben has had numerous roles in the data engineering space ranging from Healthentic to Facebook (Meta). In 2016, Ben started Seattle Data Guy, his own data science consulting firm. He now pursues that full time. Abraham and Ben had an extensive conversation covering topics like his experience landing a job at Facebook (Meta), helping companies establish quality data infrastructure, how he envisions data science evolving, and much more! Ben's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLGJ3VYBcfRaWbP6JLJcpA

In this DataDive podcast episode, Abraham interviews Ben Epstein, a founding software engineer at Galileo. Ben majored in computer science and minored in music at Washington University in St. Louis. Before working at Galileo, Ben worked as a machine learning engineer lead for Splice Machine. Ben and Abraham had an extensive conversation covering topics like his early interest in data science and machine learning, frameworks to create better machine learning models, enhancing data quality, and much more!

In this DataDive podcast episode, Abraham interviews Christina Stathopoulos, analytical lead at Waze. Christina began her data science career at the SAS institute before heading to Nielsen. Christina has spent the last four years working in various data science roles at Google. Christina is highly regarded as one of the most prominent figures in the data science realm. Christina and Abraham had an extensive conversation covering topics like her analytics work at Waze, breaking into the data science field, Christina's interest in teaching data science to students and her co-workers, and much more!

In this DataDive podcast episode, Abraham interviews Antonio Ivanovski, a senior data analyst who has worked in the business analytics field for many years. Antonio's data science career began at UPS, before he joined Verizon to be an AI Product Manger. Antonio currently works as a senior data analyst at Google. Antonio also runs a YouTube channel and website, AIwithAI, and is the author of The AI Journey. Abraham and Antonio had a wide-ranging conversation covering topics like his work at Google, the most valuable data science skills anyone can develop, Antonio's advice for his younger self, and much more! Antonio's Website: https://www.aiwithai.com Antonio's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS1HVSY_b6HToI8L5OG3ipA Antonio's Book, The AI Journey: https://www.aiwithai.com/aijourney

In this DataDive podcast episode, Abraham interviews Antonio Ivanovski, a senior data analyst who has worked in the business analytics space for several years. Antonio's data science career began at UPS, before he joined Verizon to be an AI Product Manger. Antonio currently works as a senior data analyst at Google. Antonio also runs a YouTube channel and website, AIwithAI, and is the author of The AI Journey. Abraham and Antonio had a wide-ranging conversation covering topics like his time in undergraduate and graduate school, how some of Antonio's early work experiences shaped his current perspective, valuable skills he has developed that has served him well as a data analyst, growth of AI and data-driven solutions, and much more! Antonio's Website: https://www.aiwithai.com Antonio's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS1HVSY_b6HToI8L5OG3ipA Antonio's Book, The AI Journey: https://www.aiwithai.com/aijourney

In this DataDive podcast episode, Abraham interviews Tim Cogan, a data scientist who has been working in applying data-driven solutions in different areas of healthcare for several years. During graduate school, Tim was a gastroenterology researcher, where he developed deep learning models for medical imaging. In 2020, Tim co-founded MedCognetics, a company focused on leveraging AI and data science to enhance the way radiologists make diagnoses. Tim and Abraham had an extensive conversation covering topics like his time in undergrad and graduate school, deep learning gastroenterology research, selecting quality data for data science or machine learning models, making AI and data-driven radiology solutions convenient to use for radiologists, and much more!

In this DataDive podcast episode, Abraham interviews Madison Gipson, a data scientist at NASA. Madison recently graduated with a computer science degree from Stetson University and is now pursuing an MBA there too. During college, Madison was a data science intern at NASA before coming on full-time as a data scientist for NASA's people analytics team. Madison's work at NASA is centered around Natural Language Processing (NLP), graph databases, and other tools to help NASA make better decisions.

In this DataDive podcast episode, Abraham interviews Afarin Famili, a data scientist at PwC. Before joining PwC, Afarin was a data science researcher at UT Southwestern Medical Center where she worked to develop various deep learning models and also worked as an R&D engineer at Sensogram Technologies, Inc. Abraham and Afarin had an expansive conversation covering topics like data-driven solutions in radiology, how using data from different sources affects her work, enhancing accessibility of data science solutions, and more!

In this DataDive podcast episode, Abraham interviews Vin Vashishta, the founder and chief data scientist at V-Squared. Vin is one of the most influential voices in data science, ranking in the top 10 of Linkedin's Top Voices for Data Science and Analytics. Vin builds and delivers projects to market with ARR in the hundreds of millions. Vin and Abraham have a wide-ranging conversation about addressing issues associated with certain applications of data science, the most valuable technical and non-technical skills that data scientists should develop, and how the data science and machine learning fields will evolve in the future.

In this DataDive podcast episode, Abraham interviews Vin Vashishta, the founder and chief data scientist at V-Squared. Vin is one of the most influential voices in data science, ranking in the top 10 of Linkedin's Top Voices for Data Science and Analytics. Vin builds and delivers projects to market with ARR in the hundreds of millions. Vin and Abraham have an insightful conversation about Vin's journey in the data science field, the story behind him starting V-Squared, developing data science skills, and more!

In this DataDive podcast episode, Abraham interviews Kashish Gupta, the founder and Co-CEO of Hightouch. Hightouch recently raised over $12 million in their Series A round. Abraham and Kashish had a wide-ranging conversation covering topics such as the vision behind Hightouch, increasing accessibility of data-driven solutions, and the rapid growth in the data science field.

In this DataDive podcast episode, Abraham interviews Olga Sazonova, a data scientist who has worked in the healthcare space for several years. Olga got her PhD in biomedical engineering from Boston University and was a researcher at the Stanford University School of Medicine prior to spending years working as a data scientist at 23andMe and Grail. Olga and Abraham had an extensive conversation covering topics like utilizing data science for the early detection of cancer, leveraging genetic data to develop personalized medicine, data cleaning, and much more!

Here at the DataDive podcast, we share the stories of real-world data science applications. We bring on a wide range of guests, from data scientists to doctors, giving each episode a unique flavor. Our podcast covers stories of employing data-driven techniques in various fields, ranging from business to healthcare. To be up to date with our latest episodes, be sure to follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and social media!