Summary: Professor Eric Topol is the director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute and Professor of Genomics at The Scripps Research Institute. He is one the world's foremost experts in digital medicine and currently holds the largest single grant of $US204 million to lead the Precision Medicine Initiative in the USA, involving one million Americans. Topol is an internationally acclaimed cardiologist and formerly Chief of Cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic. His most recent book The Patient Will See You Now (2015) explores how smartphones, big data, and technology are combining to democratise health care. Topol will be giving a lecture at the University of Auckland's School of Medicine on February 7. Details: https://www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/en/faculty/about/news-and-events/events/2018/2/7/Eric-Topol-public-lecture.html
