Eric Agdeppa

What is my vision of where biomedical science is going in the next 10 years?

 
Today, context awareness seems to be in vogue in high-technology circles, whether it be the internet of things, deep-learning algorithms, or big data. Yet, context awareness (i.e., a very broad systems viewpoint) has been the mainstay in my fields of biochemistry and molecular imaging for years. What I believe biomedical science is poised to leverage in the next 10 years is a honed nimbleness and agility to recognize and act on unrealized, broad interrelatedness seen through a systems/high-context acculturation between

 

1. new scientific discoveries across seemingly disparate disciplines;

2. knowledge of the human existence biologically, behaviorally, and socially; and,

3. economic and financial forces facing individuals, families, employers, medical device companies, pharma, payers, providers, and governments.