van der Schaar Lab: What gets hidden when medicine is built around the average patient?

MihaelaVDS · x · 2026-08-27

The van der Schaar Lab published a new blog reviewing their work on cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, and clinical pathways. The core argument is that building medicine around the "average patient" obscures individual differences and risks. The article explores how machine learning can uncover these overlooked risks, personalize decisions, and increase the transparency of clinical pathways. The goal is not just higher average accuracy, but discovering who is being overlooked and why.

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