The RWD & RWE Podcast

Ep 185 [30 July 2025]: Ewa Kleczyk PhD – Linked RWD: Half the Data, Half the Truth

Ep 185 [30 July 2025]: Ewa Kleczyk PhD, SVP of Operations at Target RWE – We explored deeper RWD curation through linking and this curated dataset’s relevance in evaluation of rare conditions, with extrapolation to under-represented and broadly accessible patient populations alike.Please check-out our website to join the club, get updates and see podcast recordings: https://rwd-rwe.clubDisclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are the guest's and host's alone, and do not reflect the official position of any organization or entity with whom they are, or have been, professionally affiliated.

Ep 184 [23 July 2025]: Scott DuVall PhD – Extraction Not Distraction: Insights from the RWD Evolution

Ep 184 [23 July 2025]: Scott DuVall PhD, renown medical informatics expert in healthcare machine learning / NLP and records linkage – We explored the history and evolution of applied machine learning / NLP towards current AI/LLMs as applied to electronic health records.Scott referenced this article:Jones BE, Jones MM. Pneumonia and Electronic Health Records-A Window Into Disease, A Mirror of Our Behavior, or Just Another Streetlight? Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Oct 23;71(7):1613-1615. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz1053. PMID: 31665250. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31665250/Please check-out our website to join the club, get updates and see podcast recordings: https://rwd-rwe.clubDisclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are the guest's and host's alone, and do not reflect the official position of any organization or entity with whom they are, or have been, professionally affiliated.

Ep 183 [09 July 2025]: Van Crocker MBA – "Networks” in RWE and why they often have no “center”

Ep 183 [09 July 2025]: Van Crocker MBA, Founder and President of Agonist Health – We explored the potential - and reality - of networks in the RWE arena.Please check-out our website to join the club, get updates and see podcast recordings: https://rwd-rwe.clubDisclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are the guest's and host's alone, and do not reflect the official position of any organization or entity with whom they are, or have been, professionally affiliated.

Ep 182 [02 July 2025]: Ardy Arianpour MBA – Beyond the Trial: RWD That Scales

Ep 182 [02 July 2025]: Ardy Arianpour MBA, CEO & Co-Founder at SEQSTER – We discussed how consented, longitudinal RWD is accelerating clinical research, enabling patient-finding, and solving post-market challenges—faster and at increasing scale.Please check-out our website to join the club, get updates and see podcast recordings: https://rwd-rwe.clubDisclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are the guest's and host's alone, and do not reflect the official position of any organization or entity with whom they are, or have been, professionally affiliated.
 

Ep 181 [25 June 2025]: Mark Shapiro PhD – Extraction, Coding, and Summarization of EHR Data with LLMs

Ep 181 [25 June 2025]: Mark Shapiro PhD, Chief Operating Officer (COO) at xCures – We discussed the recent advancements in AI, LLMs and "models" in general, as well as the impact that Large Language Models (LLMs) are having on the use of EHR data for evidentiary use cases.Please check-out our website to join the club, get updates and see podcast recordings: https://rwd-rwe.clubDisclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are the guest's and host's alone, and do not reflect the official position of any organization or entity with whom they are, or have been, professionally affiliated.

Ep 180 [18 June 2025]: Nicole Garberg MS – Getting Real About Patient Experience in Real-World Evidence

Ep 180 [18 June 2025]: Nicole Garberg MS, Head of RWE at KJT – We discussed her 20+ year healthcare focus that has allowed her to work across several key stakeholder groups, including payors, medical device, medical technology, and pharmaceutical manufacturers, HEOR teams, healthcare providers, and most importantly, patients. Specializing in real-world evidenced-based healthcare research, Nicole is focused on understanding patient experience, patient quality of life, and healthcare journeys to improve outcomes by incorporating patient voice into all real-world data-based research efforts.Please check-out our website to join the club, get updates and see podcast recordings: https://rwd-rwe.clubDisclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are the guest's and host's alone, and do not reflect the official position of any organization or entity with whom they are, or have been, professionally affiliated.

Ep 179 [11 June 2025]: Bill Kish & Brad Pruitt MD MBA – Unlocking Regulatory Intelligence with AI

Ep 179 [11 June 2025]: Bill Kish & Brad Pruitt MD MBA, Co-Founder at Kenosha AI – We discussed foundational principles for applying AI towards meaningful use cases and we explored the intersection of regulatory guidance in the AI era.Please check-out our website to join the club, get updates and see podcast recordings: https://rwd-rwe.clubDisclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are the guest's and host's alone, and do not reflect the official position of any organization or entity with whom they are, or have been, professionally affiliated.

Ep 178 [04 June 2025]: Erin Stewart PhD – Precision Medicine in Pixels: Digital Pathology Biomarkers

Ep 178 [04 June 2025]: Erin Stewart PhD, Vice President of Clinical Development at ArteraAI – We discussed digital pathology prognostic and predictive AI tools. This technology aims to provide robust predictions around clinical outcomes and benefit from therapies, while being non-consumptive, quick, and cost-effective. We'll heard about the different sorts of data needed to build and launch such a tool, including some types of real-world data that may be new to many people.Please check-out our website to join the club, get updates and see podcast recordings: https://rwd-rwe.clubDisclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are the guest's and host's alone, and do not reflect the official position of any organization or entity with whom they are, or have been, professionally affiliated.

Ep 177 [28 May 2025]: Bruce Hellman – Before the RWD: Patients as People

Ep 177 [28 May 2025]: Bruce Hellman, co-founder and Chief Patient Officer of uMotif – We dove into his personal & career journey, while gaining an understanding of what it means to engage with 'people first' later engaging with them as patients and consented research subjects to support diverse clinical trials and RWE studies.Please check-out our website to join the club, get updates and see podcast recordings: https://rwd-rwe.clubDisclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are the guest's and host's alone, and do not reflect the official position of any organization or entity with whom they are, or have been, professionally affiliated.

Ep 176 [21 May 2025]: Radek Wasiak – Moving RWD Into the Future: The Quest for New Sources

Ep 176 [21 May 2025]: Radek Wasiak PhD, Co-founder of Adigens Health and rAIRe(TM) – We discussed growth of regulator and payer acceptance of real-world evidence (RWE) with evolving frameworks supporting its use in regulatory and health technology assessment (HTA) decisions. In Asia and the Middle East, the adoption of RWE and related technologies is progressing even faster than US/EU, as health systems bypass legacy constraints and embrace innovative methods by default.Please check-out our website to join the club, get updates and see podcast recordings: https://rwd-rwe.clubDisclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are the guest's and host's alone, and do not reflect the official position of any organization or entity with whom they are, or have been, professionally affiliated.