Dr. Peter Attia

Sue talks about her leadership roles at UCSF and at the Gates Foundation, driving innovation in healthcare and global health, and the lessons learned from leading health research institutions and global health initiatives, balancing financial constraints with scientific progress and building culture.

Sue talks about her leadership roles at UCSF and at the Gates Foundation, driving innovation in healthcare and global health, and the lessons learned from leading health research institutions and global health initiatives, balancing financial constraints with scientific progress and building culture.

We end this discussion with a perspective on the future of medicine, including AI's role in healthcare, such as the opportunities and challenges in leveraging AI for drug development, diagnostics, and expanding access to high quality care. So without further delay, please enjoy my conversation with Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellman. Sue, thank you so much for making the trip out to Austin.

We end this discussion with a perspective on the future of medicine, including AI's role in healthcare, such as the opportunities and challenges in leveraging AI for drug development, diagnostics, and expanding access to high quality care. So without further delay, please enjoy my conversation with Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellman. Sue, thank you so much for making the trip out to Austin.

Really, really was excited to meet you last year. Just an honor to spend part of a day with you and then realize that I could somehow twist your arm into coming on the podcast.

Really, really was excited to meet you last year. Just an honor to spend part of a day with you and then realize that I could somehow twist your arm into coming on the podcast.

You've had just an unbelievable career. You are an absolute giant in many ways. I love to always give people a sense of how someone got to where they got. So if I recall, you grew up in Reno, is that right?

You've had just an unbelievable career. You are an absolute giant in many ways. I love to always give people a sense of how someone got to where they got. So if I recall, you grew up in Reno, is that right?

And you went to high school and college and even medical school all the way through, right?

And you went to high school and college and even medical school all the way through, right?

then that you ended up at UCSF for your residency?

then that you ended up at UCSF for your residency?

Okay. So remind me where we were in the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco in 82. What was known?

Okay. So remind me where we were in the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco in 82. What was known?

as a result of treating patients. And what were they presenting with at the time? It's hard for anyone of even my generation. You've never seen a drug naive patient. All of my experience with HIV, which was a lot in Baltimore many years later, but everyone was on something. So how would these men present to you as a medicine resident?

as a result of treating patients. And what were they presenting with at the time? It's hard for anyone of even my generation. You've never seen a drug naive patient. All of my experience with HIV, which was a lot in Baltimore many years later, but everyone was on something. So how would these men present to you as a medicine resident?

Tell folks why that's so unusual.

Tell folks why that's so unusual.

Tell folks what that is.

Tell folks what that is.