The Innovation Forum AI Podcast

The Innovation Forum AI Podcast explores how artificial intelligence is transforming public health — from early detection of outbreaks to effective health communication and smarter response strategies. Grounded in real-world practice, we highlight opportunities and challenges that matter for global preparedness. A podcast for public health professionals — from policymakers to technical specialists — who want to explore how AI tools can be applied to real-world public health challenges.Oliver Morgan is a Global Health Executive with over 25 years of experience in pandemic preparedness and response and strategic innovation. He has experience across a range of high-stakes global public health situations at country, regional, and global levels with the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Oliver has led work on pandemic preparedness, global health leadership, and innovation for surveillance systems, analytics, and public health decision-making.

The Innovation Forum AI Podcast is a health podcast hosted by Oliver Morgan, with 15 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Oliver Morgan hosts The Innovation Forum AI Podcast, a health show with 15 episodes published.

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  Episode #4

  From Genomes to Governance: Lessons from India on Building AI-Ready Public Health Systems

  Jun 20, 202649 minS3

  🎙️ Episode Title From Genomes to Governance: Lessons from India on Building AI-Ready Public Health Systems --- 🧠 Episode Summary In this episode of The Innovation Forum AI Podcast, Oliver Morgan speaks with Anurag Agrawal, Professor and Dean of Biosciences and Health Research at Ashoka University in New Delhi. A physician-scientist with deep experience in respiratory biology, genomics, and data-driven health governance, Anurag draws on his leadership of India's National Genomic Surveillance Network during COVID-19 and his role as Vice President of Science Policy at the Indian National Science Academy to reflect on what it takes to build public health intelligence systems that are...

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  Episode #3

  African Data for African Health: Building the AI Foundations the Continent Needs

  Jun 4, 202650 minS3

  🎙️ Episode Title African Data for African Health: Building the AI Foundations the Continent Needs --- 🧠 Episode Summary In this episode, Oliver Morgan speaks with Agnes Kiragga, Head of the Data Science Program at the African Population and Health Research Center in Nairobi, Kenya. Drawing on over two decades of experience building data systems and leading large-scale multi-country initiatives across the continent, Agnes reflects on what it takes to make AI work in African public health — not as a concept, but in practice, inside real institutions with real constraints. The conversation spans the full range of Agnes's work: from no-code AI platforms...

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  Episode #2

  Beyond the Genome: Tracking Climate-Driven Epidemic Risk with AI

  May 20, 202645 minS3

  🎙️ Episode Title Beyond the Genome: Tracking Climate-Driven Epidemic Risk with AI --- 🧠 Episode Summary In this episode of The Innovation Forum AI Podcast, Oliver Morgan speaks with Houriiyah Tegally, Associate Professor and Head of Data Science at the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI), Stellenbosch University. Drawing on her work tracking viral pathogens across Africa — including a pivotal role in identifying the Beta and Omicron variants of concern during the COVID-19 pandemic — Houriiyah reflects on what it takes to move from genomic data to actionable epidemic intelligence, and why that challenge is becoming more urgent as the climate changes. The conversa...

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  AI, qualitative data, and the case for statistical rigour

  May 7, 202648 minS3

  🎙️ Episode Title AI, qualitative data, and the case for statistical rigour --- 🧠 Episode Summary In this episode of The Innovation Forum AI Podcast, Oliver Morgan speaks with Adam Kucharski, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Co-Founder of WholeSum. Drawing on decades of experience working with messy, incomplete data — from contact surveys and outbreak investigations to real-time modelling during major epidemics — Adam reflects on a persistent frustration in public health: there is often far more information available than can be rigorously analysed. The conversation explores what AI tools now make possible for qualitative public healt...

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  Episode #5

  AI, Genomics, and the Future of Public Health Surveillance

  Mar 18, 202644 minS2

  🎙️ Episode Title AI, Genomics, and the Future of Public Health Surveillance --- 🧠 Episode Summary In this episode of The Innovation Forum AI Podcast, Oliver Morgan speaks with Túlio de Lima Campos, Bioinformatics Core Facility Coordinator at Fiocruz in Brazil. Túlio explains how combining genomic sequencing with artificial intelligence is transforming what public health surveillance can see and do. Drawing on his work tracing arboviral outbreaks — including dengue, Zika, chikungunya and Oropouche fever — he discusses how genomic data reveals transmission dynamics that case counts alone cannot capture, and how machine learning can be layered on top to detect anomalies, prioritize sig...

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