Episode 11: Reproducible Voice Data as a Biomarker for AI Models 

Description 

In this episode, Allissa Dillman chats with David Dorr and Andrea Krussel about their roles in the Bridge2AI (https://bridge2ai.org/) program, which aims to enhance AI readiness by improving data standards and developing machine learning practices. Co-PIs in B2AI Voice (https://b2ai-voice.org/voice-ai-summer-school/), Dorr and Krussel discussed their work on creating reproducible voice data as a biomarker for AI models, including training programs for researchers, successful examples of career development, publication of their competency framework (https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/digital-health/articles/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1610253/abstract), and upcoming symposium. You can also find the B2AI Voice Data online (https://docs.b2ai-voice.org/) and an AI curricula (https://instructure.okta.com/app/).  

Guest Bios 

David Dorr, MD, MS earned his bachelor's degree in economics (with minors in mathematics and psychology) and his MD from Washington University in St. Louis. He then completed his internal medicine residency at Oregon Health & Science University and earned a master's degree in medical informatics and health services administration from the University of Utah. Broadly, Dr. Dorr's interests lie in complex care management, especially for older adults and other at-risk populations, coordination of care, collaborative care, chronic disease management, quality and the requirements of clinical information systems to support these areas. From these interests, he has broadened into clinical information needs, Electronic Health Record (EHR) deployment and Health Information Exchange, as a way to expand systems-based approaches to all of health care. Finally, Dr. Dorr performs evaluations of care management and informatics initiatives using a variety of methodologies. Learn more on Dr. Dorr's OHSU profile (https://www.ohsu.edu/people/david-a-dorr-md-ms). 

Andrea Krussel is the Director of Education and Workforce Development in the Office of Health Information and Data Science at WashU Medicine. In this capacity, she oversees the operations, development, and implementation of biostatistics, data science, and biomedical informatics academic programs. Andrea holds a BA in Theatre and an MA in Communication Arts and utilizes her teaching, acting, and science backgrounds to provide science communication courses and workshops for the WashU community. She also creates, leads, and evaluates competency-based workforce development initiatives in AI, informatics, and data science at WashU, nationally, and abroad. Andrea is a PhD student in Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on integrating artificial intelligence into medical education to enhance clinical decision-making skills in medical students and trainees while easing the administrative burden of clinical instructors. 

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